This is an analysis of the poem A Vision Of Christ that begins with:

There fell on me a dream when days were gray,
And Hope had left me there to grope alone... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccdcdaa eXebeb afXfbb egegff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011101 1111110101 0101001011 1001110101 0111010101 1101011101 1011011111 0111010101 1011011111 1101011111 11110101110 1101110101 1001011101 1001100100 0101010001 1111010001 1011010101 11100011101 1011011101 1001110111 1001001100 010001111111 110100100001 0101111111 1111011001 11110001001 1111010001 01010010001 1111011111 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Vision Of Christ;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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