This is an analysis of the poem A Day Of Dream that begins with:

On that bold hill, against a broad blue stream,
stood Arthur Phillip on a day of dream;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111010111 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 10010111101 1111010101 1001100111 1101001101 1101010101 01010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 429
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, of are repeated.

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  • summary of A Day Of Dream;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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