This is an analysis of the poem Song #9. that begins with:

In the hour when Day reposes
Like a vision on the sea,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcbAdaXcdA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011100 1010101 110101010 1011100 10110110 11101 11101010 1011110 11111111 1010100 11010010 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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.

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  • summary of Song #9.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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