Analysis of Sonnet IX. Keen, Fitful Gusts Are

John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)



Keen, fitful gusts are whisp'ring here and there
Among the bushes half leafless, and dry;
The stars look very cold about the sky,
And I have many miles on foot to fare.
Yet feel I little of the cool bleak air,
Or of the dead leaves rustling drearily,
Or of those silver lamps that burn on high,
Or of the distance from home's pleasant lair:
For I am brimfull of the friendliness
That in a little cottage I have found;
Of fair-hair'd Milton's eloquent distress,
And all his love for gentle Lycid drown'd;
Of lovely Laura in her light green dress,
And faithful Petrarch gloriously crown'd.


Scheme ABBAACBADEFEFE
Poetic Form
Metre 110111101 0101011001 0111010101 0111011111 1111010111 11011101 1111011111 1101011101 111110100 1001010111 111110001 011111011 1101000111 010110001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 595
Words 108
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 461
Words per stanza (avg) 106
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 18, 2023

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