ANALYSIS OF SOUND AND FORM IN JOHN KEAT"S "ODE ON A GRECIAN URN" THEME In John Keats poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn," Keats paints a verbal portrait of a man looking with admiration at an urn. ... Rhyme Keats used much rhyme in "Ode on a Grecian Urn." ... Keats's choice of rhyme pattern parallels this idea. Keats starts with an ABABCDEDCE rhyme scheme, goes through some possible changes, and ultimately goes back to the original scheme. ... Normally, this would be a fine eye rhyme, but Keats added and accent mark that made it an exact rhyme. ...

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The author, John Keats, uses formal diction when writing the poem. ... The poem is a fixed form. ... Each of the stanzas has a rhyme scheme. ... Keats wrote, "What men or gods are these? ... We all have speculations about what it means, but the only one that does know is Keats himself. ...

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John Keats only lived for 26 years and faced harsh criticism to his poetry during his time but is now considered by some as one of the great Romantic poets of the 19th century. ... In one of Keats" most famous poems, "When I Have Fears that I May Cease to be- Keats explains to the reader his fears of dying before he is able to share with everyone all that he knows. ... John Keats gets his message across to the audience through his use of metaphorical and symbolic language and structure. ... The quatrains follow a rhyme scheme of A-B-A-B and the final couplet follows an A-A pattern. ... John ...

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Exposure' is also an example of Owen's experiment with rhyming schemes and sounds. True to the modernist endorsement of innovative methods of writing, Owen develops an amazing technical skill with the use of assonance and para-rhyme (Purkis 118), partly inverting the dominant tradition of poetic diction. ... Coupled with the rhyme style: knive us'- nervous' , silent' - salient', the result is that the reader is left on edge, aware of the tension the soldiers are experiencing . ... Poets such as John Keats and William Coleridge were especially a favorite of th...

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