This is an analysis of the poem Dreams that begins with:
As I came through the Valley Sleep
(Upon each side a frowning steep),... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaXXbbcbcX AaddbbebeX aaccffXbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 01110101 011101100 11011111 1101001 111101 110011 111111 1101 1101010 11110101 11010101 01011111 110101011 111101 1111001 0101010 111101 11010 1110010 10110101 10110111 10110001 11010011 100101 101101 1000110 110100 0101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 30
- 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.
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- summary of Dreams;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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