This is an analysis of the poem The Dream Star that begins with:
Whisper, O wings of the wind! Sing me your song, O sea!
Grey is the weary world, and grey is the heart of me! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabB cc dd ee cc ee aX ff gg dd ee dd dd ccXbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1011001111111 1001011100101 0011001110101 1001011101001 110111110111 1101010110101 1010111111001 10010110111111 100100100101111 110101100101101 1111011110101 100101100101 11001110110101 110011100101101 1001011110101 110111100100 100101110101 11001111101001 1100101100101 000101100101 1101011110101 100100100101 100101101101 1001010100101 111101100101 1001111100101 111111101101 10001010100101 100111101101 0001010100101 000111110101 1001011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, me, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, this are repeated.
The author used the same word ah at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Dream Star;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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