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

I SAW—’t was in a dream, the other night—
A man whose hair with age was thin and white;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbcb bbXb ddcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110010101 0111011111 1100110101 1101110111 0111011101 1101001111 1111100101 0101110101 1101110101 1001000111 0100010111 0111110001 1101111101 1111110001 0101110111 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; his, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Montefiore;
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