This is an analysis of the poem A Picture Seen In A Dream that begins with:

I saw the Goddess of the Evening pause
Between two mountain pillars. Tall as they... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcXcXacXbaXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000101 0111010111 0101010011 1111001101 1011011101 0101101101 0101101110 0101011101 1111010101 11110101111 1101111101 1101010101 0111011111 11010001001 0101010100 1011001101 1110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 763
  • Average number of words per stanza: 136
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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