Structure

The Keatsian or English Ode is written in iambic pentameter with three verses with rhyme scheme ababcdecde. Each verse has new rhymes, although it follows the same scheme, so technically: ababcdecde fgfghijhij klklmnomno for the whole schmeer. Another expert says it can be any number of verses, and since Keats himself wrote an eight-verser, we’ll agree with him.

John Keats

English

Rhyme:
ababcdecde
fgfghijhij
klklmnomno

Meter: xX xX xX xX xX

10

30

Elemental ode, Iambic Pentameter, Ode, Pindaric Ode

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