Analysis of Sonnet. On Leigh Hunt's Poem 'The Story of Rimini'

John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)



Who loves to peer up at the morning sun,
With half-shut eyes and comfortable cheek,
Let him with this sweet tale full often seek
For meadows where the little rivers run;
Who loves to linger with that brightest one
Of Heaven -- Hesperus -- let him lowly speak
These numbers to the night and starlight meek,
Or moon, if that her hunting be begun.
He who knows these delights, and, too, is prone
To moralize upon a smile or tear,
Will find at once a region of his own,
A bower for his spirit, and will steer
To alleys where the fir-tree drops its cone,
Where robins hop, and fallen leaves are sear.


Scheme ABBAABBACDCECE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111110101 1111010001 1111111101 111010101 1111011101 110111101 110101011 1111010101 1111010111 110010111 1111010111 0101110011 1101011111 1101010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 590
Words 115
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 462
Words per stanza (avg) 113
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 10, 2023

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