This is an analysis of the poem The Fountain Of Shadowy Beauty that begins with:

A DREAM
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dede afaf ghgh dfhf ijaj feee ebkb hbeb Xfef ihih hhXi jjj blml achc bkjjk hhgg fnnnhfh ffhfh ibeb hbnhnoo eejedfddf jfff Xhhf fifipada fhfhjckcfqfq jfbl fbhb iaiabbeb aipiXhihhblb pfpffhhiebeb fppp Xcnc meie mfmfhifg gbgb nene kiki chch cnXn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,4,4,5,4,7,5,4,7,9,4,4,8,12,4,4,8,12,12,4,4,4,8,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01 111110 010010 011010 111110 111011 01001 111011 01101 111010 01001 111110 10001 011110 01111 110010 01001 01011101 01110111 11111111 11011101 11010001 11010101 11111111 010100101 11010101 11010101 01010001 01010101 01011101 010101010 01010011 1101110010 010110111 11110111 10010101 11110101 11010111 110101001 10110101 100101001 01110101 01011100 11010101 11010001 11010101 01011101 01011100 11010101 01110011 01110001 01011111 01010101 11010101 10010101 11110101 01110101 010111010 01010101 1100101010 110100101 111111010 01110101 01010111 010101110 01010111 010101001 110101010 0101010010 11010101 01110111 01011111 111100101 01111100 11010111 11010101 010101001 10110101 01110101 11010101 100111001 11111101 01010111 11111101 01110111 11010001 11110111 01011111 01110101 11010111 11011101 10010101 01010111 11011101 01110001 11010101 01010101 11100101 010010111 01010101 01001101 01010111 1111111 11010101 01110101 110111010 11011101 11110101 11010101 010100101 01010101 01000111 01010101 11010101 10110100 01110111 01010101 010100101 01011101 11011001 11000101 11010101 010101010 01110111 110110010 10110011 11010111 10010011 10010101 01010101 110100011 10011101 01010101 11010110 110101001 01010101 11010101 11110111 11110111 01010101 01000101 10110101 01110101 10010101 11000101 01001001 11011101 01110101 11010101 110101001 11110101 11010111 11010101 10110001 10010101 11010101 11010101 101010111 1001010010 01010101 010010101 01001101 11010001 11011111 011101011 0100100101 111111001 11110101 01110001 11110011 10010111 000101001 11001101 11111101 110101010 110101001 110101110 11110111 01011101 01011001 01100101 11011101 01010001 01010001 01011111 01110101 01010111 11010101 10010100 010101010 110110001 110101010 11010101 10011 011110 101011 111010 110110 011011 011110 110111 110110 110011 011110 010011 110010 11111 1101000 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 41
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 210
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same words i, the, we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines night is repeated).

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