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

I seemed at the sheer end:
Albeit mine eyes, in mystery and night...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabacaaaddeeX XXbffaaghbgffhhXXeXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011 01011010011 1010011101 11010110101 110111111101 11110111 1100110111 010101010011 0101010001 1101110101 1111110101 1100010101 1110010101 10010001100100 1101011101 100100 00101110101 1001110111 1001010100 1101010101 0111 101111 11001010011 1101000101 110110011101 110100111 11110100 110100101001 0111110101 11110101 010011111 1011001001001 0010001 111101110100 0101100111 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 697
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 word what is repeated.

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

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