This is an analysis of To Hope by John Keats.

WHEN by my solitary hearth I sit,
And hateful thoughts enwrap my soul in gloom;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababCC adadee fafaaa fXfXcC gfgfCC hchccc aXafXXXfcfccc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Metre: 1111010111 1101101101 1111011101001 1011011011 11010010111 11110101011 10011010101 1101110111 1101001101 1101110001 1001110101 1111100101 1101010001 1101011101 1101110101 0101011101 1101110101 1111010101 10001011111 10110101010 1111110001 11011101011 11011000111 11110101011 11001011101 0101010101 1111001101 0111000111 11010010111 11110101011 0011000001 1111110101 1111110101 0101011101 01110100101 0111010011 11110100101 11001101010 0011000101 1001110001 11111101011 1101010100 11010010001 1011001101 100011101001 1111110101 11010100111 10110101011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 48

Repeated words/phrases

my, thy, her