This is an analysis of the poem The Writer's Dream that begins with:
A writer wrote of the hearts of men, and he followed their tracks afar;
For his was a spirit that forced his pen to write of the things that are.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddcc aaaaee ddffcc aaggdd bbaagg ggddgg ffhhgg ddiigg aaaahh ffffggggeedd ccddggXggbbgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,12,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01010010111101101 10101011010100111 01110001111011111 0111001011011101 11101001011101111 01001011011100110 11101101110101111 1111001011100110 10101011011010111 11001001011011101 01010010110100101 11111010110100101 1011010010110100111 01001010100100101 11110010111101101 11111111011100101 11101011011100101 10111101111011111 1001001011010101 1001101110110101 11110110100011101 01001101011111101 1101001011011101 101001001011110111 0111111011100111 10101001001100101 010110101110111 1101001011110101 1010101011110111 10101101011011111 11111011011101111 010101101111101 11011011010011111 101010010100100111 101010110111101001 110110110111100101 0101111111100101 11011010100100111 10101011011100101 01010010111101001 1111111111010101 101001001011100111 01011011101100111 01110110110110101 0111011010110101 111010110111100101 11111110110110111 0101011111010101 11101001011011101 1110100111101000101 0111001110010101 001010011110100101 10101001010111111 1111101010100101 11001001011101111 0111101011010101 111010110111100111 10111001011100101 01010110111100101 1111001011110111 11001001011101111 010010101110101101 100010010110100101 1111101011110101 111101111100111 1111001010111101 1110010010110100111 10111001110010111 0101001011010111 01011010110110101 01001001111110101 1010111011101101 111010011110111001 11101101110110110 10111011011010111 11101101011110101 101011010110111111 10101101110100111 1101011011011111 10101001111111101 101001001010011101 11111100101110101 10111001101101111 001011011110100111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 526
- Average number of words per stanza: 106
- Amount of lines: 84
- Average number of symbols per line: 74 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 15
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, of, and, he, their, last, be, with, for, to, book, may, in, stranger, s, i, as, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and, never, the, i, by, for are repeated.
The author used the same words the, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase there connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Writer's Dream;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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