This is an analysis of the poem A Bed Of Flame that begins with:

I saw one day on the horizon grey,
As with my load I wandered near the sea, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaXacdbcdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111100101 1011110101 0101010101 1111010110 01011100101 111111000 1 1101111101 11100101 110001 0101110111 11011101 0111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 474
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Bed Of Flame;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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