This is an analysis of the poem A Vision Of Twilight that begins with:

By a void and soundless river
On the outer edge of space,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd Xeaebfbf ffffagag hihighgh jkjkblbl aiaijfjf eeXeagag dXdfmnmn hdhdjhjh fhfhXcfc hohofifXXalalhhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 1010101 10101110 1010111 10101110 1010111 10101110 1011101 10101100 1011101 10101110 1010101 10101010 1010111 11111110 1000101 00111010 1010101 110100010 1000101 10010010 1001111 11101010 1000100 11101110 0111101 10101010 1010111 101001110 1010101 11101010 1110101 10010010 1010111 10111010 0010111 1000100010 1110111 100010010 1010111 00111010 1010111 10101010 1010101 101010110 0010101 00111010 1011101 111010111 0001111 111111100 0010101 11111110 1010111 10100110 1110101 100111110 1000101 10011110 1010101 100110011 1110101 100001111 1000111 00111110 1011111 10101010 1011001 10101110 1111111 10101010 1010101 11101010 1010101 11101110 0010111 10111000 1110111 111110010 0010101 11111010 0010101 10101010 1010101 11101110 1010101 10101010 10100110 10111010 0011101 10111110 0110111 10100010 1110101 10101010 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, and are repeated.

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

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