This is an analysis of Sonnet. A Dream, After Reading Dante's Episode Of Paulo And Francesca by John Keats.

As Hermes once took to his feathers light,
When lulled Argus, baffled, swooned and slept,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabcbcdedeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101100101 111010111 1101011101 1111110101 0101010101 1100011101 1011000111 1101011101 1011010011 1001011101 0111110111 1101001111 1001111101 110001110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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