This is an analysis of On Receiving A Curious Shell by John Keats.
Hast thou from the caves of Golconda, a gem
Pure as the ice-drop that froze on the mountain?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dedX fgfg cHcX ibib jkjk lclc mjmj bebe cHcX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11001001001 11011111010 1101011101 1010011111010 11010111001 11011011011 11001001001 001001101001 11010011010 11011110010 11010110010 111010011000 10011011011 0100100011010 0001111101 110110111010 110011011111 11001011011 101111011001 01001001101 101111001001 01101001101 110001001001 01011001001 01001101001 010110110110 11001011101 11011010110 11111001101 1101110100010 01001001001 111010010110 00101111001 11011011001 110001011001 110001001011 11110001001 11011101001 11001001101 101001111001 01101001111 11001011011 11111011001 01001001101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
and, thou, hast, that, of, i
Anaphora
hast, nor
