This is an analysis of the poem A Ditty Of No Tone that begins with:

_Piped to the Spirit of John Keats._
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b cdcdecfXcf X XgXgeabeab X ehehbeXbeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,10,1,10,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010011 1 1111111011 0101001101 0111110101 01110001001 01101101101 01001100110 1101011100 1111010 0100110101 11011111101 1 110001010100 1111001101 0101011101 01010101001 1101011101 1001011101 0101010001 010111 0101001101 0101111101 1 1111010111 1100010101 1101010101 1100010011 1001110111 1101010101 1101010100 110111 1101110101 0101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, such, and are repeated.

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  • summary of A Ditty Of No Tone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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