This is an analysis of the poem These—saw Visions that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXabcb XddXdXcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1110 1010 1110 101 00101010 1110111 011 100010 1110111 10001010 1110001 10111011 1110111 10101010 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for is repeated.

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  • summary of These—saw Visions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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