This is an analysis of the poem Vision Of Columbus – Book 2 that begins with:

High o'er the changing scene, as thus he gazed,
The indulgent Power his arm sublimely raised;... full text

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 684,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 31175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 5318
  • Amount of lines: 684
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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, their, to, our, his, or, all, what, no, in, thy, of, that, her, my, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, ere, where, the, with, no, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Vision Of Columbus – Book 2;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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