This is an analysis of the poem Phantasy that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bXbc X dede X efef X gggg a hehe a Xfgf X ifif X jXjb X iXXi j ffff a ebeb X bfbf X bbbb X iiiX X kgkg X jbjb X lmlm X bmbX X gXgj X nfnf X bjbj X imim X lilX X bmbm X aiai X oaoa X imim X ipip X qcqc X rmrm XXpfpf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01010001 11010010 111100101 11111010 1 01001001111 011110110 11101001001 11101010 1 11010101 10101010 11111101 11110010 1 10101111 110110110 1001100111 1011111010 1 11010101 10101010 110011101 011110010 1 111010010 11101010 11011101 0110110010 1 011010111 01001010 110110111 1011010 1 01011011001 01001110 11110001 101011010 1 11110111 11001100 11001011010 111010110 1 110110010010 1100010 111110010010 0101110 1 11001011011 1001110 1011010111 1111010 1 11011011011 010010010 100011101010 1111010 1 10101010101 0101010 110010100 110110010 1 1010111001 0101110 011100101 0101010 1 111010101 11011010 1100110101 11010010 1 10101101111 011110110 101010101 110010010 1 11010101 111001010 110110101 11101010 1 101011101 01111110 01010101 110111000 1 11101011001 11010010 11011001001 010010100 1 11010001001 11001110 01011001001 111010010 1 11111101 010010010 11100101 11101010 1 11011111 110110110 1010101011 101001010 1 111111001 110110010 10100100111 11010100 1 11110101 0101010 111100101 1101010 1 11111111 11011110 11101001 01110110 1 11111111 01011011 1010010111 1101011 1 11110100 1010110110 111010111 0100110 1 111010111 01001011 101110100 11001111 1 11010111 1100010 0101100101 1111010 1 1101110101 001110110 110010101 11001010 1 10010101 1101110 10010101 01010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 62
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 75
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 155
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; her, he, they, me, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Phantasy;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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