This is an analysis of the poem Echo Of Memnon that begins with:

I wandered ere the dream was done
Where over Nilus' nenuphars,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXba acXa XddXXbccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11010100 010101001 01010101 11101111 11011111 11010110 11011001 11010101 11111101 10011101 01001100 110010101 11010001 01011101 01000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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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  • summary of Echo Of Memnon;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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