This is an analysis of the poem As When From Dreams Awaking that begins with:

AS when from dreams awaking
The dim forms float away... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababcbc dedefd Xd bgbgeheh gagafiXi XfafXhhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,2,8,8,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101100 011101 11001010 110111 1101110 0110101 11111010 011111 101110010 0010111 11111110 1111001 10111010 1010011 1111010 010101 1110010010 110101 1101110 110100 1111110 1110111 1101010 1011111 110100101 110101 110101011 1010101 01111101 110011 11011100 110011 11110100 1100101 01010110 110101 11010101 110101 110011111 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; them is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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