This is an analysis of the poem My Dream that begins with:
In my dream, methought I trod,
Yesternight, a mountain road;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb aacc ccaa deXa ccaa fXaa ccff gghh bbcc aaee eecX eeaa iijj kkaa bbkk ffXX ccbb dell ccfX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111011 1000101 1011101 1110101 1010101 0010101 1010111 1010101 11101101 1110111 1111101 1111101 1010100 1001101 11101100 1110101 1010101 1010101 1011111 1010101 1000111 1001111 1010101 10100111 1010111 0110111 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 10111001 1110101 1010101 1001111 0010001 0011101 1010111 1010101 1110101 1010101 1110101 0110010 1010111 1010101 1010001 1001101 1101111 1110101 0110101 1110101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1000111 1011011 10100101 0001101 1011111 1010011 1010101 1110111 1110111 1110101 1110100 1110101 1000111 1001101 1011100 1011101 1010101 1011100 1110111 1010101 10010101 11111100
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, one, as, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words now, one, some, never are repeated.
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- summary of My Dream;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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