This is an analysis of the poem Dream Love that begins with:

I DID not deem it half so sweet
To feel thy gentle hand, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX adadXacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110111 011101 10011101 011101 01110101 1011001 100110101 110101 11110011 111101 11100101 011101 10110101 110111 11111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; thy is repeated.

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

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