This is an analysis of the poem I Came To Deliver Your Dreams that begins with:

I came to you.
Believing I was needed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbbX Aacd EddbXd EeXXdbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 0101110 0101010 001001100 1101 101101 11010100 11101101001 101 111010101011 010001001010010 01010010010 0010011010 10101000111 101 101010001011 110111 11110010010 11001011 010101010 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words believing, i are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines way is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of I Came To Deliver Your Dreams;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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