This is an analysis of the poem Address To Fancy that begins with:
OH, queen of dreams! 'tis now the hour,
Thy fav'rite hour of silence and of sleep; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb ccddee cdcd Xdadffgg hhffgg ddhh hhcXcciidd gjgj gXgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,8,6,4,10,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110111010 11010010101 11111101 1101010001 11011101 01010101 11100101 11010101 11010101 110111001 11011101 01111101 01010101 11110100101 11010101 11010101 010101010 1101010101 11011101 11110101 01110101 11100101 11010101 011100101 11010101 01110101 01110101 00101101 0100100101 11011101 1111010111 1101010101 11010101 11110101 11110101 01110100 11010101 11011101 01110111 11010101 010100101 01011101 1101011101 11011100101 11110001101 1111111101 1111101101 1001101101 01010111001 0101001101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, thy, on, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, ah, to are repeated.
The author used the same word come at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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