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  1. Personification: The poet has given the star human qualities of having eyelids in line 2 and 3. Enjambment: Line 7-10 are broken into different verses for better emphasis. Simile: The first line of the poem is where the speaker is directly comparing himself with the star. Alliteration: Line 3 and liRead more

    1. Personification: The poet has given the star human qualities of having eyelids in line 2 and 3.
    2. Enjambment: Line 7-10 are broken into different verses for better emphasis.
    3. Simile: The first line of the poem is where the speaker is directly comparing himself with the star.
    4. Alliteration: Line 3 and line 13 use Alliteration where two consonant sounds are next to each other in the same verse.

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  1. It follows the rhyme scheme ‘ABAB’ for the first four lines of each stanza. The next six lines have rhyme schemes that are variations of ‘CDECDE’. Ode On Melancholy Summary

    It follows the rhyme scheme ‘ABAB’ for the first four lines of each stanza. The next six lines have rhyme schemes that are variations of ‘CDECDE’.

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  1. The theme of this poem is, unsurprisingly, melancholy. It brings out melancholy as something to be embraced, not shunned. Ode On Melancholy Summary

    The theme of this poem is, unsurprisingly, melancholy. It brings out melancholy as something to be embraced, not shunned.

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  1. The central idea of this poem is Romanticism. As a Romantic poet, Keats uses Hellenism, Aestheticism and appreciation of the natural world in this poem. Ode On Melancholy Summary

    The central idea of this poem is Romanticism. As a Romantic poet, Keats uses Hellenism, Aestheticism and appreciation of the natural world in this poem.

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  1. Symbolism: In the first stanza,  the “beetle” and “death-moth” act as symbols of death and decay.  Simile: The lines “But when the melancholy fit shall fall/Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud” bring out a simile where he compares the arrival of a melancholic mood to a “weeping” cloud with the wRead more

    1. Symbolism: In the first stanza,  the “beetle” and “death-moth” act as symbols of death and decay. 
    2. Simile: The lines “But when the melancholy fit shall fall/Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud” bring out a simile where he compares the arrival of a melancholic mood to a “weeping” cloud with the word “like”.
    3. Personification: In the last stanza, “Melancholy” is personified as a woman, as can be understood by the usage of the word “she”.

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  1.   The central idea of this poem is the urn. Through the urn, the poet brings out various concepts such as beauty, truth, lifelessness, and deathlessness. Ode On A Gracian Urn Summary

     

    The central idea of this poem is the urn. Through the urn, the poet brings out various concepts such as beauty, truth, lifelessness, and deathlessness.

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  1. This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows: Metaphor: Phrases such as ‘unravish’d bride of quietness’ and ‘Sylvan Historian’ refer to the Grecian urn. Syncope: A few examples would be ‘unravish’d’, ‘fring’d’ and ‘say’st’. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘silenRead more

    This poem has a myriad of poetic devices, some of which are as follows:

    1. Metaphor: Phrases such as ‘unravish’d bride of quietness’ and ‘Sylvan Historian’ refer to the Grecian urn.
    2. Syncope: A few examples would be ‘unravish’d’, ‘fring’d’ and ‘say’st’.
    3. Alliteration: A couple of examples would be ‘silence and slow’, and ‘marble men and maidens’.

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  1. It follows the rhyme scheme ‘ABAB’ for the first four lines of each stanza. The next six lines have rhyme schemes that are variations of ‘CDECDE’. Ode On A Gracian Urn Summary

    It follows the rhyme scheme ‘ABAB’ for the first four lines of each stanza. The next six lines have rhyme schemes that are variations of ‘CDECDE’.

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  1. This poem has the Romantic theme of beauty. This has been vividly brought out by detailing the beauty of the Grecian urn and what it entails. Ode On A Grecian Urn Summary

    This poem has the Romantic theme of beauty. This has been vividly brought out by detailing the beauty of the Grecian urn and what it entails.

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  1. The poem's combination of free verse with occasional rhyme favors adaptability and a smooth flow of natural language. It doesn't have a constant rhyme structure, thus there are random and irregular rhymes all through. Because there is no set metrical structure, the lines are a combination of free veRead more

    The poem’s combination of free verse with occasional rhyme favors adaptability and a smooth flow of natural language. It doesn’t have a constant rhyme structure, thus there are random and irregular rhymes all through. Because there is no set metrical structure, the lines are a combination of free verse with occasional rhyme.

     

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