This is an analysis of the poem Unmasked that begins with:
Was it a dream,
Or a whim of the night?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcdcdddeXefdebdbdffbbfeeXggddggffhXfhgghhiijjhhhhhhffhhfhfhehe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 66,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001 101001 1011 0111 110100111 110111 10010 010100111 01110 1101011111 11001 1100111 1011100 010101 01010111 1101001101 0001100101 1101010101 1100011111 01011100011 1001110101 11010010111 1100001 110110001 100110100101 110111 1101011111 110101 01010100 111100111101 11 01011001 0111010101 1101000101 110101 1100001 110101 010111 10010100101 1111 010011 11110001 01000101 100101 110100100111 0101 0101001 11010000101 011100 010110111 11 111101 11 011101101 11 010010101001 1111 011101 1001 01010000111 1001 01010111 1111 01111100101 0111100101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1998
- Average number of words per stanza: 363
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 or, and, it are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Unmasked;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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