This is an analysis of the poem Vashti that begins with:
I sometimes take you in my dreams to a far-off land I used to know,
Back in the ages long ago; a land of palms and languid streams.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cb de ac db dX fg bg cc be dc fdd dg cX XX cb cd cf adXdc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10111011001111101 1001010101011101 01110100111011101 01110111010011101 1111110111010111 01010010001010101 1101101111010101 1101110001010001 11001001111111101 11101011111110101 10111100111110111 110111110010010011 01110111110101101 1111010111110111 1101010101010101 01110001101110011 0111010101110101 1111011111010011 11101101010011101 01110101110100101 1101111111010101 1111011111110111 1111110110 110111 0101110111010111 01110010101011111 11010100010111111 1101111101010111 1101010101011111 1101010011111111 1101011111010111 1101110111011101 01010011111010111 0101011101010111 1101110110010111 1111010111010101 1101010111011011 1101011100111101 1101011111111101 1101011101011111 0101000111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, land, and, i, to, your, eyes, so, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Vashti;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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