This is an analysis of Sonnet On Sitting Down To Read King Lear Once Again by John Keats.

O GOLDEN tongued Romance, with serene lute!
Fair plumed Syren, Queen of far-away!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabXacdcdee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010011 1101010101 1100010101 1111010101 0111010101 01010101011 1111111010 01010010001 1101110100 1000110101 1101110111 1111000101 1111010010 1111010111010
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14