Analysis of Addressed To Haydon

John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)



High-mindedness, a jealousy for good,
A loving-kindness for the great man's fame,
Dwells here and there with people of no name,
In noisome alley, and in pathless wood:
And where we think the truth least understood,
Oft may be found a "singleness of aim,"
That ought to frighten into hooded shame
A money-mongering, pitiable brood.
How glorious this affection for the cause
Of steadfast genius, toiling gallantly!
What when a stout unbending champion awes
Envy and malice to their native sty?
Unnumbered souls breathe out a still applause,
Proud to behold him in his country's eye.


Scheme ABBAABBCDEDFGF
Poetic Form
Metre 1100010011 0101010111 1101110111 01100011 011101101 11110111 1111001101 01010010001 11001010101 111010100 1101101001 1001011101 11110101 1101101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 575
Words 99
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 463
Words per stanza (avg) 96
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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