This is an analysis of the poem Dreams that begins with:
OH! miserable power
To dreams allow'd, to raise the guilty past, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacc bbbbdXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100010 0101010101 110100101001 1011110 01001000101 010101010101 111101 1101110100 1001000101 100101 1110110101 111111111 111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
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- summary of Dreams;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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