This is an analysis of the poem The Dream that begins with:

I stood in a princely hall, and where
Round me gather'd the brave and fair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddaaaaeeaa ffbXaagg hhaaaaff hhiiffff ddjjddjj eeaabbaa ggaajjkk ifbbllbbXiikk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110010111 11100111 10010111 1011111001 100100101 1011001101 10111100111 011101101 110110101 101100101 101100101 110110101 101101101 1110100111 1010111101 00100101001 011111101 100110101 110111111 10011100 11010101101 10101101001 1010100101 1010100110 100110101 110110101 001010101 010110111 1101101001 1010111111 011110111 100111100 111111101 010100101 1100100101 101110111 110010101 1010100101 10110100101 1010011111 100110111 0111001001 11110010101 100100001001 1010101101 0011100111 110010111 011101101 010111111 1010100111 110100101 111110111 10100110111 11111101101 1011110111 010111101 010100101 11011111 011010111 0100101111 1111101001 110011101 101101101 1100100111 110110101 101101101 1111111001 1110111101 1010010101 110100101 10100101001 0010100111 110110101 1111000101 11101101001 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 367
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, he, of, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Dream;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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