This is an analysis of the poem Glimpse Of The Invisible that begins with:

Lightning flashed in my eye, O friend,
And brightly did shine the light of the moon....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaXaXXXX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101111 1100101001 110100010001 11110101001 11010101010 1101100100111 1101010101 000110101101 0101011010 1010001001010 01011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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