This is an analysis of the poem Nippon that begins with:

Last night, I dreamed of Nippon....
I saw a cloud of white...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbb Xcdc Xcec ffff Xfef agdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 110101 1001011 110101 0101010 110101 0100010 011101 0101110 010111 0101110 110001 1111010 011101 0100010 010101 1101001 110101 0101010 010001 1111010 110111 1101010 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; of, to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, from, i are repeated.

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

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

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