This is an analysis of On The Same (On Receiving A Crown Of Ivy From Keats) by James Henry Leigh Hunt.

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

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacddcdX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0001010101 1001010101 0101011100 1011010101 00110100101 1111001101 0111000100 1101010001 00101111111 11010010001 1011010011 1011110101 010000101010 10111101000
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, love, of

Anaphora

love