This is an analysis of the poem A Vision that begins with:

There is an hour at night full of an awesome wonder,
When universal silence o'er the whole world lies...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110111011010 1101010100111 110101001100110 0001010001 0101011111010 1101110111 010101010010 10011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Vision;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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