This is an analysis of the poem A Vision that begins with:
AS I stood by yon roofless tower,
Where the wa'flower scents the dewy air,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eXXX efXf gdgd XdfX hbhb Xdgdg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111111010 1010010101 10101001010 11011101 01010111 01111001 01110101 1010100101 011001001 11010101 10010101 11010111 01111101 01110101 01011111 11010111 11011111 11011101 01110101 01110100 11011011 01011101 110101011 0101010000 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 11110111 110100011
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 39
- 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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Vision;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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