This is an analysis of the poem The Visoin Of Love that begins with:

THE TWILIGHT fleeted away in pearl on the stream,
And night, like a diamond done, stood still in our dream. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 011100101101 111010111011 11110111101 0010101111001 110100100101 011010110111 101011100111 1010010011101 111111010101 101111111101 101111101011 1111110111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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