This is an analysis of the poem The Dreamers that begins with:

HAVE courage, O my comradry of dreamers!
All things, except mere Earth, are ours. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaa bccbcc addadd effeff XgXhgg ijjijj XXhXhhXbjjbjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011100010 11011111 110101110 11111101110 010101010 1001110101010 11110001010 11111111 01010101 011100101010 01110111 110111011101 11010101010 11110101 11010111 01000100010 11010101 1100101001101 010101111100 11011101 11010101 11110100010 01110101 01100001110001 111101110 11010101 10011111 11110101010 01011101 010001001111 10011101010 11100101 01111101 01111000101010 11110101 111100110101 11011101000 01110110 11010101 11010111100 01001101 010101011101 11010101010 11111111 01010101 11111100110 11110011 1011011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 357
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; in is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, he are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Dreamers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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