This is an analysis of the poem I Dream Awake (From Ismaelillo) that begins with:

Day and night
I always dream with open eyes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXbXXaXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 11110101 11100101 0011001 11010 101 11001010101 001010 11011 11110101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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 I Dream Awake (From Ismaelillo);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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