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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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