This is an analysis of the poem Feb. 29, 1958 that begins with:

Last nite I dreamed of T.S. Eliot
welcoming me to the land of dream...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdeXXdeXXXfghXXgddXdfXbbiXacaXhaagjiXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011100 100100101 10101010 10011011 1010101100 01010111 1101001100 100111111 1101011 011011100 1101011000 1111010100 0110101 010100010 010010010110 11010101 110010100 0101010010 011011010 101001 1101101010 1111011 110110010 1010101010 11101 11110001 10110111 011011111 111101011 0110111111 1110100 10110010 1101110 000110111 110110011100 10000010010 1100010100 10010101101 101110111 111101010 111001000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1364
  • Average number of words per stanza: 256
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, of are repeated.

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