This is an analysis of the poem I Dreamed My Genesis that begins with:

I dreamed my genesis in sweat of sleep, breaking
Through the rotating shell, strong...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX bbcd eXef ccbg ddag bbbfXffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111100010110 1011011 1101010110 110101001 011101000110 1001011 1101000110 01001101 100101111110 0100111 1011010010 01011111 111100110110 1001011 0011110110 11011101 101101110110 0111011 1101010110 110100001 110101001110 1001001 1000010111 110010001 111100010110 1001011 101010110 01111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of I Dreamed My Genesis;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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