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

In deepest dream towards Rosemonde's palace
My barefoot brain inclined for the evening...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbc ccXc dede bfce ggbhc bgfc caee ceii aXXe chbXXcahc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101100010 1111011010 1010101110 10111110 1111101010 101010001 1100111010 01001010001 110101010 0100110101 1011111110 1011001001 10110001001 00110011101 0100101001 01011101 1001111010 0100011011010 111110 1011100101 1110010 1110001001010 01101101010 1111011011 0101010001 1100101110 10101110 010111010 0111110110 11010100110 01010101011 110111010110 11010110100 110100111 10100101010 111000110100 0101001011 1111011010 1101 0100101110 01010111000 110111011 011010111 10101100101 01111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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