Form and Structure

Question 1

Eve of St Agnes

Answer 1

Spenserian Rhyme (9 lines, an octet of iambic pentameter and an alexandrine) (ABABBCBCC)

Question 2

Bright Star! Would I Were Steadfast As Thou Art

Answer 2

Shakesperian Sonnet (14 lines of iambic pentametre, octet and sextet, with rhyming couplet) ABABCDCDEFEFGG

Question 3

Imitation of Spencer

Answer 3

Spenserian Rhyme (9 lines, an octet of iambic pentameter and an alexandrine) (ABABBCBCC)

Question 4

Isabella or The Pot of Basil

Answer 4

Ottava Rima - like Boccaccio, Italian style (8 lines of iambic pentameter, ABABABCC)

Question 5

La Belle Dame Sans Merci

Answer 5

Ballad (12 quatrains of iambic tetrameter) (ABCB rhyme)

Question 6

Ode on a Grecian Urn

Answer 6

Grecian style ode (10 line stanzas) (ABABCDE loosely it sometimes falters)

Question 7

Ode to a Nightingale

Answer 7

10 line stanza (ABABCDECDE) iambic pentameter

Question 8

Ode to Melancholy

Answer 8

10 line stanza (ABABCDECDE) iambic pentameter

Question 9

Ode to Psyche

Answer 9

not specific lines, between 11-14 line stanzas (ABAB CDCD EFGEEGH IIJJ KIKI)

Question 10

On First Visiting Chapman’s Homer

Answer 10

Petrachan Sonnet (14 lines, octet and sextet with a volta) ABBAABBACDCDCD

Question 11

On The Sea

Answer 11

Petrachan Sonnet (14 lines, octet and sextet with a volta) ABBAABBACDCDCD

Question 12

On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again

Answer 12

Shakesperian and Petrachan Sonnet (14 lines, Octet and sextet and volta - and rhyming couplet) ABBAABBACDCDGG

Question 13

On Visiting The Tomb of Burns

Answer 13

Petrachan Sonnet (14 lines, octet and sextet with a volta) ABBAABBACDECDE

Question 14

To Sleep

Answer 14

Petrachan Sonnet (14 lines, octet and sextet) weird rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFEF

Question 15

To Autumn

Answer 15

Grecian ode (3 11 line stanzas) (ABAB CDEDCCE) iambic pentameter

Question 16

When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be

Answer 16

Shakespearean Sonnet (14 lines, octet sextet and rhyming couplet) (ABABCDCDEFEFGG)