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!
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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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