Analysis of Sonnet. On A Picture Of Leander

John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)



Come hither all sweet Maidens soberly
Down looking aye, and with a chasten'd light
Hid in the fringes of your eyelids white,
And meekly let your fair hands joined be,
As if so gentle that ye could not see,
Untouch'd, a victim of your beauty bright,
Sinking away to his young spirit's night,
Sinking bewilder'd 'mid the dreary sea.
'Tis young Leander toiling to his death.
Nigh swooning he doth purse his weary lips
For Hero's cheek, and smiles against her smile.
O horrid dream! see how his body dips
Dead-heavy; arms and shoulders gleam awhile;
He's gone; up bubbles all his amorous breath!


Scheme ABBAABBACDEDEC
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110100 1101010101 100101111 010111111 1111011111 0101011101 1001111101 1001010101 1101010111 1101111101 1101010101 1101111101 1101010101 11110111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 599
Words 106
Sentences 6
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) 104
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 10, 2023

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