This is an analysis of the poem The Pageant Of Music that begins with:

Last night I roamed within the dream-confine
That, as a word of magic, strange, unsaid,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXbbX caddca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1101010101 01000010111 10101011001 1101110100 1101010101 11110011011 1111110101 1111010011 1111001101 1111010101 1001011101 11110100011 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Pageant Of Music;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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