This is an analysis of Sonnet. On The Sea by John Keats.

It keeps eternal whisperings around
Desolate shores, and with its mighty swell…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaaXaXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010001 1001100101 1111010101 01010111001 1010110101 1100010101 0111010111 1101010001 11111111110 10010100001 11111100111 1111010100 1111110111 01111001110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14