Hello. I was wondering if someone can review my attempt to scan & indicate the ryhme scheme of the following lines from John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" ?

When / old age / shall this gene/ration waste, ___

Thou/ shalt re/main, in mid/st of other woe ___

Than ours, a fri/end to man, to whom thou/ say'st, ___

Beau/ty is truth/, truth beau/ty,--that is all ___

Ye know/ on ear/th, and ye need to know/ ___

Ryhme Scheme: ABACB

The rhyme scheme is correct.

I'm not sure about the scansion, though. What poetic feet are you indicating in each line??

http://www.uncg.edu/~htkirbys/meters.htm

http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~ayelton/Writing/meter.html

The first line has heptameter , next one is octameter. The third I believe, is petameter, and the fourth is octameter. The last line I'm not sure on.

Hey Tamir, I think we have the same class if you don't mind we can help each other. That is if you still have work to do. if not its fine.

Hello! It's great that you're analyzing the rhyme scheme in John Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn." Let's go through your attempt to scan and indicate the rhyme scheme of the lines you provided.

To determine the rhyme scheme, we need to identify the rhyming patterns in each line. Here's what you've suggested:

When / old age / shall this gene/ration waste, ___ (A)
Thou/ shalt re/main, in mid/st of other woe ___ (B)
Than ours, a fri/end to man, to whom thou/ say'st, ___ (A)
Beau/ty is truth/, truth beau/ty,--that is all ___ (C)
Ye know/ on ear/th, and ye need to know/ ___ (B)

Based on your analysis, the rhyme scheme you've determined is ABACB.

To confirm the rhyme scheme, let's further break down each line:

When / old age / shall this gene/ration waste, ___ (A)
The end words in line 1, "waste" and "shall," do not rhyme with any other lines in this excerpt.

Thou/ shalt re/main, in mid/st of other woe ___ (B)
In line 2, "woe" rhymes with the end word in line 5, "know."

Than ours, a fri/end to man, to whom thou/ say'st, ___ (A)
In line 3, "say'st" and "waste" from line 1 both rhyme.

Beau/ty is truth/, truth beau/ty,--that is all ___ (C)
Line 4 does not have any other line that rhymes with its end word, "all."

Ye know/ on ear/th, and ye need to know/ ___ (B)
As discussed earlier, "know" from line 5 rhymes with "woe" in line 2.

Based on the analysis above, the rhyme scheme can indeed be identified as ABACB, just as you mentioned.

Well done! Remember, when analyzing rhyming schemes, it's important to consider the end sounds of each line and find corresponding patterns.