This is an analysis of the poem The Dream Of Infatuation that begins with:

No love but Wherever held a place and I don't see
for me other than that a homeland and a location...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXXcaXXacb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110101011111 11101101110010 111111001 111110111010111 1101001011 0101101010 1100010111 1111010011 11110110110 10101000110 1011111001 11010100101 11000100010101111 00111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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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