This is an analysis of the poem Carlovingian Dreams that begins with:

COUNT these reminiscences like money.
The Greeks had their picnics under another name....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbba cXXbcbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110100110 011111100101 010111111101001 010001011111 111000111110110 1101100101011101001011111011101111 1110100110 111111 10011110110110 11010001011111011 11011101110111101111 1111 111011 11110100110111111110111000100010110010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 932
  • Average number of words per stanza: 166
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, sailing are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Carlovingian Dreams;
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