Analysis of Sonnet. On Peace

John Keats 1795 (Moorgate) – 1821 (Rome)



O PEACE! and dost thou with thy presence bless
The dwellings of this war-surrounded Isle;
Soothing with placid brow our late distress,
Making the triple kingdom brightly smile?
Joyful I hail thy presence; and I hail
The sweet companions that await on thee;
Complete my joy let not my first wish fail,
Let the sweet mountain nymph thy favourite be,
With England's happiness proclaim Europa's Liberty.
O Europe! let not sceptred tyrants see
That thou must shelter in thy former state;
Keep thy chains burst, and boldly say thou art free;
Give thy kings law leave not uncurbed the great ;
So with the horrors past thou'lt win thy happier fate!


Scheme ABABCDCDDDEDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111101 0101110101 10110110101 1001010101 1011110011 0101010111 0111111111 101101111 110100011100 110111101 1111001101 11110101111 111111101 1101011111001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 636
Words 112
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 511
Words per stanza (avg) 111
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 26, 2023

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