Analysis of Hither, Hither, Love
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
HITHER hither, love---
'Tis a shady mead---
Hither, hither, love!
Let us feed and feed!
Hither, hither, sweet---
'Tis a cowslip bed---
Hither, hither, sweet!
'Tis with dew bespread!
Hither, hither, dear
By the breath of life,
Hither, hither, dear!---
Be the summer's wife!
Though one moment's pleasure
In one moment flies---
Though the passion's treasure
In one moment dies;---
Yet it has not passed---
Think how near, how near!---
And while it doth last,
Think how dear, how dear!
Hither, hither, hither
Love its boon has sent---
If I die and wither
I shall die content!
| Scheme | AbAb CxCb DeDe fgfg hdhd fifi |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10101 10101 10101 11101 10101 10101 10101 1111 10101 10111 10101 10101 111010 01101 10110 01101 11111 11111 01111 11111 101010 11111 111010 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 628 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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