This is an analysis of the poem Dreams Old that begins with:

I have opened the window to warm my hands on the sill
Where the sunlight soaks in the stone: the afternoon ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX bcbc dede aXaf gXgghbhbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11100100111101 101110010101 01011101111 001010101 010010100111 11010101111 1011001101111 1010100111 11011101010110011 10101100101111101 011001101100100111 10101101010100111 10010010110101 001011010101010110 00111011101101 001001101111101000010 101110 10110110 0010001101011 110110111 01101111001101 01011111 1010100011001 100101111 1111001010 01010011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • 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; and, of, where are repeated.

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  • summary of Dreams Old;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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