Ode On Melancholy by John Keats: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Ode On Melancholy that begins with:

No, no! go not to Lethe, neither twist
Wolf's-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdecXe efefcgccgc dhdhabhibai
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111101101 11110101001 1101110001 1111010100 1111000110 1101010110 1101010101 0100110100 1101011100 11010010001 1101010111 1001010101 1100110101 1101101101 1111010101 1101100111 1101010100 1011011101 1000111101 1111010101 1101010111 1111010101 1001110101 1001010111 1001010001 1101010101 1101111100 1 1111010101 0111010001 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; your, nor, her are repeated.

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

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