This is an analysis of the poem Egypt that begins with:

Fantastic sleep is busy with my eyes;
I seem in some waste solitude to stand ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacccdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101010011 1101110101 110101101 011000101 1011010100 0111110001 0101010101 01001011101 111101111 11011100101 1111010111 01001110101 111011100101 01001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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

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