This is an analysis of the poem Dreams that begins with:

I love a woman tenderly,
But cannot know if she loves me. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabb ccddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 11010111 11010111 11110101 11010101 11010111 11111110 01010101 01110111 01111111 1101011 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word dreams at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Dreams;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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