This is an analysis of the poem The Dream Of Pio Nono that begins with:

IT chanced that while the pious troops of France
Fought in the crusade Pio Nono preached,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcadXcbefdbgchaeacXXXXiiXecXcgbcfgebefcjekfbjegflhbacXlXXXeXXdkgXXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 68,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011010101 1000110101 1101010101 01110111010 11010010101 0101000100 1100010100 1101000101 1011010111 1111100001 00110111001 0111110101 1111110101 1001001101 01001010101 110110101 0001110001 1101101101 1011011101 1110010101 0101110101 1111110100 1101 111101 1011010101 1001010001 0110110101 10001010101 11010110101 0101100101 0101010111 1100010101 1001010101 1101110101 1111010101 1101110101 1111010111 0101100101 1101010111 1011011101 0101010101 01111000101 1111110101 0111010001 0101011101 1011010001 10110011111 11110101001 1101010111 011010101 1111110101 0101011111 10100000101 1001000101 1101010101 0011011101 0011011100 100110100101 11010001111 0101101101 1110 100101 1001100100101 1111010101 1111001111 1011111101 0101010101 11000010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2859
  • Average number of words per stanza: 514
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, thou are repeated.

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  • summary of The Dream Of Pio Nono;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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