This is an analysis of the poem The Poor Man Dreams that begins with:
Perhaps an Evening awaits me
when I shall drink I peace in some old Town, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01110011 1111110111 11010011110 0111101101101 11101101001 100100110011 101011101100 1010110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.
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- summary of The Poor Man Dreams;
- central theme;
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More information about poems by Arthur Rimbaud
- Analysis of Faun's Head
- Analysis of Antique
- Analysis of At The Green Inn, Five In The Evening (Au Cabaret-Vert, Cinq Heures Du Soir)