This is an analysis of the poem Understand That This Is A Dream that begins with:
Real as a dream
What shall I do with this great opportunity to fly?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaddeefghifhcjkXfljbbd X gmhbmc f ffdgndjhc j X o iaaffppnq lnl b fb n hcX h bXccop q aarX f jcqcfajXfdig d am g n f pf l hccrf kXj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,1,6,1,9,1,1,1,9,3,1,2,1,3,1,6,1,4,1,12,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,5,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 11110011010001 10001010001001 01111111110110111 11011111 11100111111 1011101 11111 1010111 1111111 11110111101110 11110111 1100101101 111010 111011110010 1001000111010 10100011010010 111011011001011100 100010110101 10001101 11101110101010 100101101 01101100111 1110111010011011 100 111111111 10001011011011011 1111110101010010001 1111111101001101 1101111011101 1111011110010100110 1110 101101010111010 111111011010111 1101111111 1110101 11011010111110 10101101 11101001010010 110110011 01011010000011010010 1010 01110010011100101101 001 111011111101011 1111 11111111001011 1010000111000110100 110101011111110 100111101001 111101001101 01010110 1101010011010111110 1 1010101011010101001 1111011011010101 0101 11011101101001110100 110101010010101010011 10 010111110101110 001111010011110 1011011011011110 11010 111 1111010010010100100101 001001001101010 010111111101101 10110101111100001 01100110110101111 010 0111001001101111 111101101011 00101011110 1100111101001000100 01 111101011110010 1010010100110111001 1001101011101010 1101010011111001010 011111010110110 1111110110110101 1111001111011000110 101011011001010010100 11011101000110 1001011000011 111111110101 110101011010111001 01 010100101001111111 1111101010101110 10101 1011111101011010101 1110 111010101001111111 11011011110111 010111101 1111111111110 1111101100101101010 01100011110010 111111110010 11011010101010010101 10 101011001100
- Amount of stanzas: 30
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dream, i, this, that, and, in, my, of, to, with, what, more are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines move is repeated).
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