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Bright Star
John Keats
BRIGHT star! would I were steadfast as thou art—
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night,
And watching, with
eternal lids apart,
Like Nature’s patient
sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at
their priestlike task 5
Of pure ablution
round earth’s human shores,
Or gazing on the new
soft fallen mask
Of snow upon the
mountains and the moors—
No—yet still
steadfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow’d
upon my fair love’s ripening breast,
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To feel for ever its
soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a
sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear
her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever—or
else swoon to death.
Analyze each line. Include analysis of rhyme and literary
devices
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line 1 |
Bright star, would I were steadfast
as thou art-- |
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line 2 |
Not in lone splendour
hung aloft the night! |
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line 3 |
And watching, with eternal
lids apart, |
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line 4 |
Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite, |
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line 5 |
The moving waters at their priestlike
task |
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line 6 |
Of pure ablution
round earth's human shores, |
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line 7 |
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask |
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line 8 |
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors- |
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line 9 |
No--yet still steadfast, still unchangeable, |
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line 10 |
Pillow'd upon my
fair love's ripening breast, |
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line 11 |
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell, |
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line 12 |
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest |
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line 13 |
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath, |
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And so live ever--or else swoon to death. |
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