This is an analysis of the poem Dream Is Calling that begins with:
Stretch thyself, Life is tired at thy side
Let her sleep from dawn till dusk is falling,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd bdeeBe XXdffBX gbhghbgg giiccXabbabjXj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,7,8,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101010111 1010111010 1001011 101 11011010110 00111 101101 1111111111 1010110 100101 1 1101100 101011101001 1101011 1011 1010110 101111 100111 110101010010 110011 100101110101 01011101 111010110 1001 10001 1 110101011010 0011010 01111011001 010001110111 011100101 0111101110 1101001 1101101101 111100101 011001 0111000101 11100100001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase calling connects the lines.
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