Analysis of Where Be Ye Going, You Devon Maid?
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
WHERE be ye going, you Devon maid?
And what have ye there i' the basket?
Ye tight little fairy, just fresh from the dairy,
Will ye give me some cream if I ask it?
I love your meads, and I love your flowers,
And I love your junkets mainly,
But 'hind the door, I love kissing more,
O look not so disdainly!
I love your hills, and I love your dales,
And I love your flocks a-bleating;
But O, on the heather to lie together,
With both our hearts a-beating!
I'll put your basket all safe in a nook,
Your shawl I'll hang up on this willow,
And we will sigh in the daisy's eye,
And kiss on a grass-green pillow.
| Scheme | XXAX XAXB XCXC CBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 111101101 011111010 111010111010 1111111111 1111011110 01111010 110111101 11111 111101111 0111101 11101011010 11101010 1111011001 11111111 011100101 01101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 645 |
| Words | 123 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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