This is an analysis of the poem Was It The Sun That Broke My Dream that begins with:
Was it the sun that broke my dream
or was't the dazzle of thy hair ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbababAbabbaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011111 11010011 11110111 01011111 11111101 1001101001 10011111 111010011 11110111 11010101 111100101 11001101 10011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 471
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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