This is an analysis of the poem Sunset On The Spire that begins with:

All that I dream
By day or night ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcdaeaefgfgdfdfhghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 1111 1011 0101 1001 11001 0011 110110 0011 11101 10011 11011 1011 11011 1111 0011 101110 1011 10110 1011 111 1101 111 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Sunset On The Spire;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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