This is an analysis of the poem A Book Of Dreams: Part Ii that begins with:

1.
Lord of the world's undying youth,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ababcdcd efefbgbg chXhbfbf edededed igigjkjk bgbgkeke khXhbgbg cfcfjgjg lhlhbkbk bjbXgege imimcgcg njnjemom gXgchehe nbnbeiei X lklklclc oeoelklX phphoioi kckcXmjm kekebgbg pcpcpdpd lqlqrdrd bdbdhqhq lglgXkjk hghgjeje XeXokhkh pepekaka oqoqlnel
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,2,8,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,8,2,7,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10010101 111011 11000101 100101 11010111 111101 10110011 010101 11010101 110101 110010001 1100101 01111101 010111 11010001 111111 11011101 110101 010010100 110101 01011101 110101 11011111 100101 10011111 110101 11001111 011111 01010101 010101 10001101 011101 01011101 010111 10010101 100101 10111101 0101001 11010111 110001 110101001 111101 11001101 110111 11110101 111111 01010101 110101 01010101 001101 01010100 110101 01010011 111101 11111111 111101 10111101 1100101 11010111 110111 11010101 010101 11011101 010101 01110011 111101 111101101 110001 10011101 0100111 11010101 111101 11010101 110111 10010111 010001 110100111 01001001 10010111 100101 01010001 0100111 01111011 1101001 11010111 010101 11011101 010101 11010001 010101 11010011 110101 11110101 010101 01010100 110101 01010101 0101100 010101001 0100101 01010101 010101 01100101 110101 11010101 011101 01110101 010101 11111111 111001 11010111 010001 1 001101010 010101 10101110 100101 0101010 100101 101001110 1100101 11001010 010101 11111010 000111 101001110 00100101 101001110 01001001 1010010110 1110101 1111010010 1011011 11101010 111101 11101010 1010111 11111010 1011101 010100010 1101101 10111010 101101 10101010 101101 101110011 1011101 1001011 100101 101110110 1011111 101001010 1011111 101011110 1110111 11110110 00100101 111011010 10110101 001010010 1010101 11101110 110101 10101010 11011001 101001010 100111 10111010 11110101 01110110 0111001 01001010 1011101 11001010 11011001 10111010 0100101 101011010 010101 11101010 1110101 10111010 1110101 101001010 1010101 11011010 010101 111010010 010001 11111011 1110111 101010101 1111001 10110010110 100011 001001110 110100 0110010010 010111 101011110 111101 10111010 0100111 11111010 1010111 0101110 10111001 01001110 101101 11001010 11001001 001011110 110001 111001010 010101 1111 10010 1110 1101 111111110 0111101 011001010 1110101 1010111010 10100101 101101010 110101 1 01101101 0101001 11110101 010101 01011101 110101 010111001 110101 01110101 110101 010101001 100101 10011101 000101 01010111 110101 11110101 110111 01010111 111101 01011111 010101 11010111 11011 010100111 110101 01010101 000101 100111111 110101 11011101 110101 11111001 010111 11110101 110001 01010111 101101 11010111 010101 11111101 1101001 01010111 110001 11111111 010101 01010111 110101 10010101 010111 0101001001 010101 01010101 110111 01011101 010101 11010101 110101 110011101 110 10 1 11111111 011101 10110111 111101 1 01111111 111101 11011101 110101 11010101 011111 01111101 110111 11110101 010111 11011111 110101 11110101 111001 110010101 110001 01011111 010101 11000111 110101 01011101 110101 110101010 11010101 11110101 101101 11110111 111101 01011101 110011 100111011 011111 1 11110111 1101001 11011111 110101 11001111 011101 1011011100 111101 01110111 111101 11110111 110111 11010101 110101 11110111 010101 11010101 111101 11110101 010101 010010101 110101 11011101 011111 11011111 100101 11011101 010111 11011011 010111 01000101 110101 110010111 010110 11110101 110100 11010101 110101 01100100 111101 1 11010101 110111 01010101 111101 10110111 101101 01010101 110111 111010111 010111 1 111011 110001 110001101 110101 10110111 111111 11111101 010111 01111111 011111 01010111 010101 11110101 100101 11111111 110101 110100101 01001001 10010010001 010101 11010011 110111 111110101 10100101 100100101 1010111 10011101 110101 11111101 111111 0100111011 110101 01010101 110101 11110101 111101 11111101 110111 11110111 011001 01111101 111111 11010101 111101 1101101001 011111 11010101 110101 11110101 011101 11010101 111101 01010111 010111 111111100 1100101 01110101 110101 11110111 110101 0110100111 110101 01110101 110101 1100110101 110101 01011111 111101 01010101 011001 11011111 011111 11010011 111101 11111101 111101 11011111 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 82
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 468
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, you, with, in, of, dream, that, thy, they, my, their, i, o'er, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, and, , half, one, her, like, the, a, came, let, i, light are repeated.

    The author used the same words , and, the, they, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases , seem connect the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Book Of Dreams: Part Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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