This is an analysis of Sonnet -Written In Keats by Thomas Hood.

I saw pale Dian, sitting by the brink
Of silver falls, the overflow of fountains…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXebeff
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1111010101 01010101010 0101111101 10011101110 1110111101 0101010101 1000010111 1101110001 1111011000 1101010111 01011001001 1001010111 1011110101 1110000111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14