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

THE SUN had clos'd the winter day,
The curless quat their roarin play,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabab aaXcXc ddXXdb Xeefef XcXcXc XXgXgh iXicXc XXXbXb jjjbjb XkklkX bbbcbc mmmnmn cXcece jXjojo nnnknX ooobob pppjpj pXXnpn nXXfXf Xqqnqn XXioio aaabab ooococ nnnmnm nnnrna ooococ ooonon sssrsa fffXfj nnnbnb bbbpbp pppjpj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 01011101 110010101 0111 11011101 1110 01010101 01111101 11011101 1101 11011100 1101 110010101 11110101 11110101 01110 11010101 01010 1001101 11011101 11111101 1111 11010101 1101 110101110 111011010 110001110 1101 111111110 01101 1101010010 11111101 01111101 1111 11111011 1111 11010101 11011001 11110111 1101 0101011 1101 11111111 01011111 110110101 0111 11110111 111 11011101 010100101 11011101 11110 11011101 11010 01011010100 1101001 01010101 11010 01111101 11010 11010101 11011101 1101111 11010 11110111 11110 01010101 11010101 111111001 0101 11010101 0111 11000101 11000101 110010101 0101 11011101 0101 11110111 11110101 11011101 1001 110010101 0101 10010101 11011101 11010101 1101 01010101 11011 11011101 11010001 11010111 1101 11011101 0101 11010011 010101011 11010111 0101 11100101 1101 010101111 110001011 0111110011 0101 11110101 0101 11010101 110101011 110101100 0101 110101000 1101 1100101011 110010101 11110111 0101 1111111 0100 01110101 011011111 01011101 1111 01011101 1001 101111111 01110101 11111101 0111 1100100111 1101 11001010101 110100101 010010101 0101 10110101 1011 101110101 01110101 11011101 1101 11011101 1101 100110001 110011001 11010101 01000 11111101 1101 101010101 110010101 110100101 1001 11010101 0101 101010101 11010101 11010101 1101 010101001 1101 101011101 11010101 1101101 0100 11000101 1101 101000111 11010101 110100101 0101 11010101 0101 101010101 010010101 01010101 0100 111100101 01001 101010101 01011101 11010001 0101 11010101 11001 101010101 11010101 11010101 1101 11010101 0111 101000101 01111101 0101001 0101 110111001 0111 101111011 10101111 11010101 11010 111101101 10110 101011111 11110101 110100101 0111 101010101 0101 101110101 01000101 11010101 1101 11110101 1111 101011101 110101001 11110101 0101 111101001 0101 101011101 11010101 11111101 1101 01110101 0101 101011101 110011101 11010011 1101 11110101 0111 1011101001 1111001001 011101001 11010 11011101 11010 101110101 01010101 111011101 1101 11010101 0111 101111111 01010111 11010101 01001 11010101 1101 10101110001 111010101 11010111 0101 11010111 1001 101010110 10110101 11111001 1101 110110001 0101 101110101 11011101 01010001 0101 11010101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 45
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 314
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; half, her, on, some, hence, to, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, an', some, hence are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, here, some, when, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase her connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Vision;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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