This is an analysis of the poem A Dream Of Resurrection that begins with:

SO heavenly beautiful it lay,
It was less like a human corse ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbX cXcc dcXd effe gbbg cccc dhhd XccX iffi hXXh acca jffj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010001 01110101 11110101 01110110 01110101 111011100 01010111 01010111 01011011 11010111 11110010 11010101 11110101 11000111 11001101 01001101 11110101 110010111 10110101 00110111 11010011 11011101 110001001 00010111 11111101 01111101 01111101 01100101 11110101 11000101 010100111 01000111 11010111 01110001 10110001 1011100111 10110101 01011101 01011100 11010011 11000101 111100101 11110101 10111111 11111101 01010101 11110111 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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, in are repeated.

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

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