This is an analysis of the poem Somnus that begins with:
A Fragment
The bottom-lands of Lethe and of Night:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a abXcaXcXcXcXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 010 010101101 010100100001 0101010100 0111110101 11010010111 0101011101 110000101 1101010101 1111010101 0101011000 1101010001 1101011001 010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of, to, and are repeated.
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- summary of Somnus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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