Analysis of Think Of It Not, Sweet One
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
THINK not of it, sweet one, so;---
Give it not a tear;
Sigh thou mayst, and bid it go
Any---anywhere.
Do not lool so sad, sweet one,---
Sad and fadingly;
Shed one drop then,---it is gone---
O 'twas born to die!
Still so pale? then, dearest, weep;
Weep, I'll count the tears,
And each one shall be a bliss
For thee in after years.
Brighter has it left thine eyes
Than a sunny rill;
And thy whispering melodies
Are tenderer still.
Yet---as all things mourn awhile
At fleeting blisses,
E'en let us too! but be our dirge
A dirge of kisses.
Scheme | ABAB XCXX XXXX XCXC CAXX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 1111111 11101 1110111 1010 1111111 101 1111111 11111 1111101 11101 0111101 110101 1011111 10101 01100100 111 1111101 1101 1111111101 01110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 584 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 24, 2023
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