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

The King was on his throne,
The Satraps throng'd the hall: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcaca bcbcacac dedefgfX cbcbhfhf cgcgijij ckckiaiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101 010101 010111 1011100 010101 010101 010101 010101 0111011 010001 110101 111011 010001 010101 010101 110101 011111 111101 110101 110001 1010101 010001 1010101 111101 10110 111111 1001101 011101 110101 111101 111011 111111 010001 010101 110101 111101 010101 010001 110111 010101 100101 010101 100101 011101 010101 010001 010101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, of, his are repeated.

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

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