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

My dreams were nests of horror, whimsey-wrought
With orts and shreds from old abysses brought;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa aaXa bbcb bbXb bbXb XbXb ccac ddbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010101 0111011001 010111011 1011010001 1000110101 1101010111 1001111001 10101010101 11010101001 0111100001 0101010101 1111010101 1001011111 111100110001 1111010111 0101010101 0111010101 0111001100 1101010101 0111110111 0110010100 1101110111 1101010101 0100010011 1001111111 1101111111 1111110101 1101010001 1101110001 0101111101 0101010001 1101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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