Analysis of Sonnet III. Written On The Day That Mr. Leigh Hunt Left Prison
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
What though, for showing truth to flatter'd state,
Kind Hunt was shut in prison, yet has he,
In his immortal spirit, been as free
As the sky-searching lark, and as elate.
Minion of grandeur! think you he did wait?
Think you he nought but prison-walls did see,
Till, so unwilling, thou unturn'dst the key?
Ah, no! far happier, nobler was his fate!
In Spenser's halls he stray'd, and bowers fair,
Culling enchanted flowers; and he flew
With daring Milton through the fields of air:
To regions of his own his genius true
Took happy flights. Who shall his fame impair
When thou art dead, and all thy wretched crew?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011101 1111010111 0101010111 1011010101 1010111111 1111110111 110101101 11110010111 0101110101 1001010011 1101010111 1101111101 1101111101 1111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 605 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 472 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 10, 2023
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