This is an analysis of the poem Out Of Pompeii that begins with:

1 She lay, face downward, on her beaded arm,
2 In this her new, sweet dream of human bliss,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefafaf gbgbhXhX aaaafcfc efefijij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111010101 10001110101 101010101001 101110111001 110110100101 110110100001 1101110111001 11001110111 10111010111 101001010011 11111110111 1010101101 101111101001 11110011101 11111100111 10111011101 10111010111 11011010100 10101111100 111110101001 11001110101 111110011000 11011011101 11001111100 10111010101 10101110101 10101110101 110010010101 10111010111 11101110100 11001011101 11101010111 11010011111 11101010101 10110000101 11011110101 11011010011 111110100101 111110101001 111110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 410
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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