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

It was quite dark within the room
Wherein the Lady Alice sat;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaa cXdcc effee daadd ghhgg biibb jhhjj ghhgg ebbee jddjj hkkhh hcchh fiiff jbbjj ibbii dllmd hiihh fiiff jhhcc gddgg eiiee hbbhh biibb accaa bnnbb edmee fhhff X ieeii X ajjaa hiihh Xebbee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,1,5,1,5,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 01010101 11111110 01010101 1111 11010101 01111100 11011101 11011101 0100 111111001 01000111 01011101 01010101 0101 10110111 11010101 11010101 01110101 1111 10111111 11111111 11010101 11011101 1101 11101101 01010101 11010111 11011111 0001 11111111 11010101 11101111 00111101 1101 11111111 01010101 10011101 11110101 1011 11000101 011110111 01110101 10101101 0101 11010111 11010101 11110101 11011111 0110 11111111 11111101 01111011 01011111 1111 11110001 11010101 01101101 10011101 1101 01111101 11010101 01010111 11011111 1101 01011011 01011101 01010101 11111001 1111 01010101 11110101 11010101 11011101 1111 10011111 100101000 10010110 01110100 0110 10010101 11110001 10011101 01110101 1001 11010101 011000101 11110101 11110101 0101 01110001 01010101 11011101 10110111 0101 10110101 11011111 11011101 01010101 0101 11010101 11010101 11110111 11111101 10101 11011111 11110100 10110001 01011111 1001 01011101 01010111 00110111 01110101 0111 01100101 110100101 01111111 11100111 1111 01010111 01011101 10110111 01011101 1111 11000101 11010101 11110100 11110111 1101 01000101 01010101 11010111 00010011 1101 1 01010101 11010101 11111111 01110101 0111 1 01110101 01010111 11010101 111101001 0111 11110111 11010111 00110111 01011111 1001 01110101 01010101 11010111 11010001 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 33
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 185
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, she, of, it are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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