This is an analysis of the poem The Castle Of Dreams that begins with:

It lies beyond the farthest sea,
This castle whereonto I flee...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXaaab ccccccb dddaaab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 01010011 11111100 11111101 01010001 11010111 001001 01010011 011111011 01010101 11011111 11011101 11010101 001001 11110111 11010111 11110111 01110111 11010101 11110101 001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word dreams at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Castle Of Dreams;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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