Analysis of Sonnet VII. To Solitude
John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)
O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell,
Let it not be among the jumbled heap
Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,—
Nature's observatory—whence the dell,
In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,
May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep
'Mongst boughs pavilioned, where the deer's swift leap
Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.
But though I'll gladly trace these scenes with thee,
Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind,
Whose words are images of thoughts refined,
Is my soul's pleasure; and it sure must be
Almost the highest bliss of human-kind,
When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.
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Metre | 110111111 1111010101 1101011101 100100101 01001110101 1101111101 11110111 100111011 1111011111 10110111001 1111001101 1111001111 101011101 1111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 615 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 484 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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