This is an analysis of the poem Dan's Dream that begins with:
Here's the dream I had, boys, an' I tell you true,
I saw the old Fulmar plain as I see you -...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb XXcc ddbb eeff aaggXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10111111111 11011011111 11011011100 10110011111111 10101111101 101011111100 10010101111 10111010101 10101010111 1000110101101 00101011010101 11011010101 110111111111 00111010001 1010011011101 111101010101 10111110111 10111001111 010101001101 111101010001 101111111111 110110110111 10001011101 11101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, all, her, old, an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, an' are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase knew connects the lines.
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