This is an analysis of the poem A Dream Of Oblivion that begins with:

The day of time was darkening to its end:
The sun hung chill within the blackened noon,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdbcacbccbdXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011100001 0111010101 0101011101 0101010101 0101010101 11001010101 11111111011 00101011101 011010001 01000100111 0101010111 0111011101 0101011101 1111010111 1011010111 011001111 1101110111 1100110111 1001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 823
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 the, a, and are repeated.

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

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