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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John Keats

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