This is an analysis of the poem The Old Dream Comes Again To Me that begins with:

The old dream comes again to me:
With May-night stars above, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 011101 111100101 110101 011011101 11001111 011101011 11101101 11000101 100111 01010001 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Old Dream Comes Again To Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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