This is an analysis of the poem No Stranger Dream that begins with:

One rapid gesture of a supple arm
Has made your beauty strange and fabulous:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc eXbXedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101000101 1111011100 1001110111 1001010101 1111011111 0111010011 0001010101 11010010101 1110010011 110101010 1111011110 01001010111 0101010001 01111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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

  • summary of No Stranger Dream;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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