This is an analysis of the poem Avalon that begins with:
I Dreamed my soul went wandering in
An island dim with mystery;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abac acaX dcdb ebec fbfc acab abaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111000 11010100 11010101 11011101 11111101 11001111 01010101 01111100 01011101 01010101 01010111 110101100 01110101 11010100 100111001 11010101 11011101 11001100 110010001 01110101 11011011 11010111 01010111 110010100 01011111 11111100 01110101 11111100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an, and, the, a are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Avalon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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