This is an analysis of the poem The Potion Of Dreams that begins with:

What occult Circe of the hours of sleep
Mixeth the Cup of Dreams with potent art?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddc ebfebf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1011001001 1001010101 11010010001 0011010111 110010100101 11001100101 1111001101 1001010111 10110100100 1011111011 0100010111 1001001101 0101000111 1110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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, and are repeated.

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

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