Analysis of This Living Hand
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
This living hand, now warm and capable
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold
And in the icy silence of the tomb,
So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights
That thou wouldst wish thine own heart dry of blood
So in my veins red life might stream again,
And thou be conscience-calmed - see here it is -
I hold it towards you.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110100 1101011101 0001010101 1111011101 1111111111 1011111101 0111011111 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 335 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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