This is an analysis of the poem The Dreamer On The Sea-Shore that begins with:
What are the dreams of him who may sleep
Where the solemn voice of the troubled deep ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: a a b b c c d d c c e e f f d d c c g g h h i i j j d d e e b b e e b b i i b b d d X d e e cXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110101111 1010100101 110100101 101010101 110101101 1101001101 111011101 10010100101 010111101 0100101001 111011101 1010110111 1010100101 111111111 111110101 1100100101 10101110101 110110101 10101101 011110101 1110100111 011111101 110111101 01011101001 1111100011 11011101 1111011001 1110100111 1100100111 0010110111 101101101 11101101101 101001101001 101001001001 110101001 111010101 111110101 11110100110 0101011101 110100111 010100111 010100101 100111010 11111101 1101011001 111100101 011100101 10101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 48
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 41
- Average number of words per stanza: 8
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; its, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Dreamer On The Sea-Shore;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
