This is an analysis of the poem A Dream Of Waking that begins with:
A child was born in sin and shame,
Wronged by his very birth,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX eeee fdXd ghgh aiai aj XjX fXXkjX fXeffX kl Xlf mmmm cncecfcn cichlXXenhaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,2,3,6,6,2,3,4,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110111 110101 01010101 110001 1100101010 011101 010111010 110101 101011101 110111 01011101 110101 11010101 001101 01010100 010101 01110101 010001 11110011 011111 01111111 011101 11010101 010101 1011011 1 111110 11000101 110101 11010111 110101 11111111 11110 1 1 10110111 110111 110111 1 1 011111 1011110 0 101101 01011111 101101 01110011 1100001 11010101 111101 11011001 010101 11111 1 01 1 1 1101 11010111 110101 01010011 101 1 110 111101001 11 1 101 110010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 114
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 71
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Dream Of Waking;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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