This is an analysis of the poem Dream-Love that begins with:

Young Love lies sleeping
In May-time of the year,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdabed XfXccfcc Aedgdegg ebchabgh AiXjXiij fdcccdgc XkigXkeg ciebgiXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 011001 01010 100101 11110 111101 11011 011011 11010 110101 11111 010101 11110 111101 11110 010001 11110 111101 00111 110101 10111 0101001 10110 110101 11011 010101 11010 011011 11010 011111 11110 111101 11110 110111 10110 010011 11010 111101 11010 100001 10110 111001 11010 001101 11010 010101 11110 010101 11110 010101 11110 010101 11010 010101 11110 011001 11010 01101 11010 010101 110100 010101 10110 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words white, or are repeated.

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