This is an analysis of the poem I Dreamt Of Robin that begins with:

I opened the casement this morn at starlight,
And, the moment I got out of bed,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXac dedeffff gcgXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010001111 101011101 01001001011 101011001 01111001011 110111110 11111101111 101011101 11110101011 010111110 11101101101 1110011110 11101111101 1010001101 101001001011 101001001 111001001011 101101111 11001101001 111110111 11101101001 11111001 11011011001 11111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 334
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and, i, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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