This is an analysis of On Fame by John Keats.

I.
Fame, like a wayward girl, will still be coy…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: a ababbcdceXeXff X X ghgXijijchcddX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,14,1,1,14,
  • Metre: 1 1101010101 0111001101 1101001101 11001010111 1001001101 11110010010 0111110101 11110011010 0101001101 1001010100 1111010111 11010010111 1111001101 1011010101 1 10101111101010 1100011101 01010101001 1101010011 1101100100 0010011101 1011100101 1001101001 1100110101 10110101010 1101110101 10111101010 010111101 1111100111 1001010110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 31

Repeated words/phrases

her

Anaphora

ye