This is an analysis of Bright Star by John Keats.

Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art--
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbcbcXaXadd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010111 1011010101 1100010101 1101010100 0101011101 0110011101 1101011101 0101010101 111101100 100011111001 0111001111 0111000101 1101010101 1111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14