This is an analysis of Sonnet. Why Did I Laugh Tonight? by John Keats.

Why did I laugh to-night? No voice will tell
No God, no Demon of severe response,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababccccbdbdXX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1011011101 1111000101 1001010101 1011011111 1111111101 1110111101 1101010111 01010111101 1011110101 1100011101 1111010111 11011010101 1111010101 1110010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

no, to, and, i