This is an analysis of Sonnet: Before He Went by John Keats.

BEFORE he went to feed with owls and bats
Nebuchadnezzar had an ugly dream,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbacdXcdX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111010111 1000011101 1111011101 101001111 1111111101 11011010101 0101111011 010101010111 0101110011 0111001101 1101110111 1101011001 1101011101 1101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14