This is an analysis of the poem Rêve Parisian that begins with:

The memory of this dread demesne
Unknown, unsought by mortal eyes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaab cXac dbbd aeXX fggf daXd dXed hfXh XdXf baXb baab XXbX dbbd ibbi XbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010000110 01101101 11011101 01010101 11010101 110101 01110101 1100001001 11110001 010010101 0101010111 11010001 10011001 11010100 11010100 101101100 10011111 01010111 11010101 10110101 1111011010 11010101 1001010 0111010 11010011 01010100 11011111 01010101 01010100 11010111 010011000 010010101 1101010 11011010 01010100 11010101 11111101 110101010 010101100 100010101 11111111 01010001 1001100 110101111 1101010 010111110 11011101 01000100 010100101 11010001 0100101 1001010 010010100 100101001 11010111 10110111 100101010 10110101 111100011 0101100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, a are repeated.

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