This is an analysis of On Death by John Keats.

1.
Can death be sleep, when life is but a dream,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabab XacXc
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,
  • Metre: 1 1101110101 1101110101 0101010101 1111010101 1 1100111111 1101011101 0101111101 0101101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 10

Anaphora

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