This is an analysis of the poem A Vision that begins with:

Two crowned Kings, and One that stood alone
With no green weight of laurels round his head,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbaXcXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 111111101 0111010101 1011111000 1100110101 1111010101 1111011101 1110010111 1101110101 1111011001 11111110101 1101001111 1111010111 1001010100 1111011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 605
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; with, and are repeated.

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  • summary of A Vision;
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