This is an analysis of the poem Dolor Of Dreams that begins with:

The shadow of a sorrow haunts the light,
And sense of dreamt, forgotten tragedy—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX bccb deed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0110010101 1101010100 0101000100 1101010100 1011000111 110101010001 0111011101 1001110001 11100111111 0101000101 1101110111 0100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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