This is an analysis of the poem I Dreamt I Caught A Little Owl that begins with:
‘I dreamt I caught a little owl
And the bird was blue -’ ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabcbabc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 10111 1111110 111101 11110110 111101 11011010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.
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