Analysis of Asleep! O Sleep A Little While, White Pearl!
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
Asleep! O sleep a little while, white pearl!
And let me kneel, and let me pray to thee,
And let me call Heaven’s blessing on thine eyes,
And let me breathe into the happy air,
That doth enfold and touch thee all about,
Vows of my slavery, my giving up,
My sudden adoration, my great love!
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111010111 0111011111 01111010111 0111010101 1101011101 1111001101 110010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 298 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 220 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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