This is an analysis of the poem Daydreams For Ginsberg that begins with:

I lie on my back at midnight
hearing the marvelous strange chime...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdebfgfX bXhgaXXfacXfXecafcgiihdcegiXXccXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 10010011 0011101 11011001 1100111 00101001 1111101 101010010 1001 10 1001110 01011110 111101010 101001010 0110111 101010 10010 10000 101101 0101001 10100101 110010110 1110100010 10101 1111 1010011 011011 0100100110 01101 11110 0101101 01110 10101 1011111 0111111101 1110 110100 11101 1110 00101 110101 0101101 10011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 569
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Daydreams For Ginsberg;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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