This is an analysis of the poem Z---------'s Dream that begins with:
I dreamt last night; and in that dream
My boyhood's heart was mine again;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXddeeccffgbgbhhhihiiiejjebbkkkhkhkkiaiaiikkcc cc cciiaailileXej khkheemmeeii didijcjcabab ngngjhjhkokko hhjljl lljljjbbhbebebpjpjblblccdkkkdfbkbmbmbjjjb X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 50,2,14,12,12,13,6,41,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111011 11011101 11000101 01110111 11010011 11110110 110010001 11110100 11110101 11010111 11011101 11110111 11010011 01011111 10110111 111111001 10110101 11011101 11001101 10111101 10110111 11010101 01010101 11111100 11110111 01010101 011101 11011111 10110111 111101 01011101 11010101 11110001 11110101 01011011 010111010 01111101 01010111 11111111 11010101 11011101 01010101 11111101 10111101 11110111 101100101 10110111 10110101 110111001 01010101 11111101 11000101 01010001 01110101 11010101 11010101 11111101 01011101 11111101 01111101 110100101 01110111 11011101 11011110 11110101 11010111 11110101 11111011 11000111 11110101 111011001 111100001 110011111 11011111 111100111 010101001 01011101 10100101 11010101 01010101 11110101 01011101 11011011 01011111 011111001 10010111 110011101 110101 11110101 110101 11010101 01010101 11111101 110111001 110110001 011101 01110101 010111 11110101 010100 11011101 011111001 111100 100101011 11110111 110101001 110101 11110101 111101 11010111 11011101 11111101 11011101 11101101 11110101 01010111 11010101 10010111 001101 11011101 101101 01111111 110101 111100111 110001 11110111 110101 11010111 011101 01011101 010111 010100101 11110101 110001 11111101 01010101 011001001 110111 11110101 011110 011100101 010101 11111101 11110101 01110011 11010001 01011101 10010101 10011101 0111001 1
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 630
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 151
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, my, of, and, i, strength are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words their, and, his, i, that, this, the are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase wept connects the lines.
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