This is an analysis of the poem Queen Oriana's Dream that begins with:

On a bank with roses shaded,
Whose sweet scent the violets aided,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbaaccbXaXaa bbdXddbbXXeebbffaaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 111010010 1001101 1110111 101111001 10101011 11011101 1000111 1110101 1110101 0010111 0010100 1110101 0111100 1011101 1010111 1101001 0110101 11111110 00101010 10101110 11101010 11111001 0111101 10101010 00101010 11101010 11111010 10101010 11101010 1010111 1111101 1010001 1010101 101010010 00110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 572
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Queen Oriana's Dream;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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