This is an analysis of the poem The Isles Of Sleep. that begins with:

The opiate isles upon time's sea
In the dream-dark...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbccbdededdefgfgeXgccccaaXeheheeh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010111 0011 10110100 01110101 101100101 1111000101 1101 01010111 1011 1000111001 01010101 11111111 11111111 1101 01010111 1111 110011101 00111111 01110111 1010100101 1101 11110111 1111 11011111 11001101 111100111 10111101 11010 11110111 0101 10011001 01111101 01110111 11010111 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1068
  • Average number of words per stanza: 214
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 The Isles Of Sleep.;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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