This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet V that begins with:
Dreamt I today the dream of yesternight,
Sleep ever feigning one evolving theme -...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabXaab ccdcdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101010100 1101010101 0111111101 1101001101 1101010110 0101100111 1011010101 0011010001 10101111111 1101010111 1110110111 0001010101 1110011111 1001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; which is repeated.
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- summary of Sonnet V;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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