This is an analysis of the poem If Dreams Stick that begins with:
If dreams stick and they cling,
And real to you they seem......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAC ABAC DCDC ABAC E DCDC ECeC ABDC E ACXDCD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,1,4,4,4,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011111 110111 10011 111111 011111 110111 10011 111111 100010011111 11 100010011111 11 011111 110111 10011 111111 1000101 100010011111 11 100010011111 11 1000101 11 1000111 11 011111 110111 100010011111 11 1000101 10011 11 100010011111 11 100010011111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of If Dreams Stick;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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