This is an analysis of the poem The Refuge Of Beauty that begins with:

From regions of the sun's half-dreamt decay,
All day the cruel rain strikes darkly down;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc aXe ffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0100011101 1101011101 1001110111 1011010111 1011011100 11010100001 1101111001 0111000101 0111110101 1101110100 1111011101 010110101 10001110100 1101000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of The Refuge Of Beauty;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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