This is an analysis of the poem Two Visions that begins with:

The curtains of the Night were folded
Over suspended sense;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cbcb abaX XdXd abab aeae fgfg ghgh iXif ifif jkjk iAIX fhfh gggg ajaj gjgj Xdfd fkfk gdXd hlhl adad adad dfdf ahXh Xkik jfXX gmgm chch gfXf anan afaf cgcg kdkd jojo apap fafa jjjj gaXa XiXo jmjm jojo agag cmXm nbnb gkgk iniX gXXX XXXn iAIX fqfq
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001010 100101 110111010 111111 111001010 101101 011110110 111101 100101010 110101 010101110 111101 011100010 110101 111101010 110101 101111110 110101 111101010 0100111 011100010 110011 110111010 10001 110101010 110111 010101010 010101 010101110 111101 111101010 101101 110101010 10001110 1100111010 110001 101111010 111011 1111010010 010001 110101110 110101 110101010 1101010 110111010 111111 11100110 110101 110101010 110101 110101010 110001 100111010 110101 011101010 010001 111101010 110101 11010010 010001 111111010 110101 110111010 110101 1100101000 110101 1111001010 100101 110111010 111001 111100010 010101 110111010 110111 111001000 010101 110111010 100101 110111010 010001 100111010 010101 011101010 110100 111101010 110101 111101010 100101 110101010 101111 110111110 111101 1101100110 010101 110111010 111101 11110111 110101 100111110 101101 110111110 111101 000110000 1100010 110101010 1110001 110101110 011111 1010111010 110011 011101010 101111 110111010 010001 100111100 1011011 110101010 010011 111111010 011101 110101010 010101 101111010 101101 100101110 010101 010111010 110001 100111110 110101 101110010 110111 1100111110 101001 110110010 110101 110101010 100101 101111110 111111 100101010 110101 010100010 000101 110100010 110111 001000010 011101 010101010 110101 101101100 110101 011101010 1101010 111101110 0101110 010111010 100101 1111010010 1100101 1101001010 011101 1100111010 110101 010101110 101101 010111010 1100101 1101010010 011101 011101010 111111 110100111 111101 110001011 110101 101101110 110101 10001100010 110111 110101010 010101 111101010 11011 110111010 101111 011111100 010010 011101000 101110 101111000 000101 110101010 111111 11100110 110101 110111010 011111 110111110 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 50
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, and, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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

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