O Blush Not So!



O BLUSH not so! O blush not so!
      Or I shall think you knowing;
And if you smile the blushing while,
      Then maidenheads are going.

There's a blush for want, and a blush for shan't,
      And a blush for having done it;
There's a blush for thought, and a blush for nought,
      And a blush for just begun it.

O sigh not so! O sigh not so!
      For it sounds of Eve's sweet pippin;
By these loosen'd lips you have tasted the pips
      And fought in an amorous nipping.

Will you play once more at nice-cut-core,
      For it only will last our youth out,
And we have the prime of the kissing time,
      We have not one sweet tooth out.

There's a sigh for aye, and a sigh for nay,
      And a sigh for "I can't bear it!"
O what can be done, shall we stay or run?
      O cut the sweet apple and share it!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABXB CDCD AXXB XEXE XDXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 801
Words 159
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

John Keats

1821 · Rome

John Keats was an English Romantic poet. more…

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  • Amirhosein_aj
    veryvcool
    LikeReply9 days ago
  • itshinahafeez
    Beautiful
    LikeReply11 days ago
  • Shocam
    The GOAT of romanticism.
    LikeReply2 months ago
  • Pruett1023
    Nice, I love it. Keep up the good writing. I look forward to reading more from you.
    LikeReply3 months ago
  • devparth9784
    great
    LikeReply4 months ago
  • Eddo
    nice play on adam and eve..
    LikeReply4 months ago

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