This is an analysis of the poem The Doves Of Venus that begins with:

The dull earth swung in silence o’er,
A dreamless world, a dreary star,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaaXaXbcbcdedefgdgbfbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 01010101 01010101 010001001 11000111 11000111 01011101 01110101 10010101 11000101 11110101 01010101 111100101 11110101 11010011 11111101 01001101 01010101 11000111 01010101 11011101 01010101 11111111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 815
  • Average number of words per stanza: 157
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Doves Of Venus;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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