This is an analysis of the poem The Berg (A Dream) that begins with:

I saw a ship of material build
(Her standards set, her brave apparel on) ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbdede ddbbbbacacefefggXb hhiibjjjgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,18,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001001 0101010101 01011101 01010101 11010100111 00111111 10011101 11110111 11010101001 01010101 110100111 0101011101 101111001 11010111 01101111 11010111 100111101 11010111 11010111 11010101 0111111 1010001101 10010111 1101110010 1101110010 1001010 00101010011 11101111 01011101 10011101 01010111 110101001 0100101001 10011111 10110001 11010111 0111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; or is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Berg (A Dream);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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