This is an analysis of the poem An Imitation that begins with:
As once I dreamed, methought I strayed
Within a snow-clad mountain's shade;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabX ccdd eeff dddd ggbX hhii iiaa ffbX jjjX ddaaXddbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011 01011101 01110101 111100 11011101 01100101 01011011 111111001 11111101 11110101 11011101 10110101 01110101 11010111 01010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11010111 0111100 01100101 11111111 01011101 10010111 01100101 00110101 10110101 100010101 1111101 010100111 11110011 1110100 111101011 00110111 01111101 10111100 111101011 11010011 11010111 11010101 11011101 110011111 11010101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, where are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and, the, whose are repeated.
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- summary of An Imitation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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