This is an analysis of the poem A Dream Of Beauty that begins with:

I dreamed that each most lovely, perfect thing
That nature hath, of sound and form and hue—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccXc ddefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111110011 1101011111 01010110001 0111000111 1001111101 1001011101 0101010111 1101011001 0101011101 1101010101 1001010101 0101010101 1111011100 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

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

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

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