This is an analysis of the poem A Vision Of Resurrection that begins with:

The Genius of an hour that fading day
Resigned to wide--haired Night's impending brow... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacdccdXX aeeafdfgddg hcchdfdiXfi ifficgcXggX jeejgkgckkc dhhllmlcmmc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,11,11,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001101101 0101110101 1101111111 10111000101 1011010101 01010110001 1100010101 10001010111 1101010101 1100110100 11010101100 11010011111 0101000111 0111100101 01011110101 1111110101 1101110101 010010011101 1001010101 0101011101 1011110101 1100010101 1101010101 11001111101 0101111111 01001110111 1100010111 110011100011 1111010101 0101111111 11110110010 01001111101 1110111100 1101010111 1111010011 110010010101 0101010101 1011010111 1101111111 1111110111 1111011100 11011111101 0111110101 1101011000 1101110011 0100110111 0101000101 1111101101 1111111101 1000110101 0111010011 11011110101 0101001101 1101001101 1101011010 1111111101 0111010101 1101110111 0100010101 11011001001 10001011101 0101111111 1101010101 1111010001 0101010111 110101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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, thy, that, thee are repeated.

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

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