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

at fifty I approach myself,
eighteen years of age,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbXaaXacXdcXXXda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01001 10100010101 01101 1000101 00111 111111 100111 1100110 111010100 110101 0111101 010110110 1010010010 10111111 0010111 101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 522
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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

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