This is an analysis of the poem Suppressed Stanzas Of &Quot;The Vision&Quot; that begins with:

WITH secret throes I marked that earth,
That cottage, witness of my birth;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabab bbbcbX ddXbdb eeeXeX Xffbfb dXdXdc aaabab gggdgX Xbbhbh eeegeX XbbiXi bbXbbb dXdXdf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01011111 11010011 111111001 0101 01010101 1111 11010101 11011101 11011101 0111 11110101 11011 11010101001 11001101 11010001 0101 11010101 0101 01011111 11010101 01010001 01010 11110101 111101 101100011100010110101011 010100101 11010111 0101 1110101001 0101 11011101 011110011 11010111 11011 11010111 11001 11011111 11011101 11010101 0101 110111001 1111 010110101 010100101 11010101 011 11010101 01011 1011000111001000110101111 11011101 11101001 0101 0101001 0101 11011101 11011111 11010101 1101 11010101 01011 1101010011 11010101 100000101 1101 0111010011 0101 101111111 11010001 110101011 0101 0101111 1101 01000101 1110111011 01110111 11100 11010101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Suppressed Stanzas Of &Quot;The Vision&Quot;;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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