This is an analysis of the poem The Vision Of The Rock that begins with:

I SATE upon a lonely peak,
A backwood river’s course to view, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcbXdecXcbbcdd dbdbffbgg Xhbheehcc XihidXiee jkjkhhkll XecejXedd jjjjmmjdd jijinniee jbjbeeboo bgbgeegee eheheeXgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010101 01010101 11010111 01010101 11011101 110000101 011111 11011110 0100101010101 11101101 10010101 11111101 11000111 11010101 11110101 010001 10011101 101101010101 01111101 01010111 11111101 01010101 11010101 11010101 010101 11001101 010101110101 11110010 110101001 11011111 11010111 110010101 11010101 110111 10110101 0101011011001 100111000 010100101 11000101 01110011 110100101 110111110 011101 11010101 0101001010101 11010101 01110101 11110111 1111111 11011101 111100101 111101 11011101 100101010101 110001110 11010101 01110001 10010101 01011100 01010100 101010 11111101 110111111101 11110101 010011101 10000111 11010001 11110101 01011111 0101001 11100101 101101100101 1101101 11010101 01010111 11010101 11110001 1101011 0100101 11011111 0101010100101 11010111 01010101 1000101001 11111101 110101001 10010111 010101 01010101 11000100010101 111011001 01010001 11111011 11111111 11111101 10100111 010101 1100101010 0100011101010 111111011 11010101 111100101 11110111 11011101 110010101 110110 11101101 11111011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 462
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 108
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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

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