This is an analysis of the poem On Receiving A Crown Of Ivy From John Keats that begins with:

It is a lofty feeling, yet a kind,
Thus to be topped with leaves;--to have a sense ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cddcdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0001010101 1001010101 0101011100 1011010101 00110100101 1111001101 0111000100 1101010001 00101111111 11010010001 1011010011 1011110101 010000101010 10111101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, love, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word love is repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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