This is an analysis of the poem Sapped As I Seek My Dreams that begins with:

There is this feeling that comes and goes,
I get....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXbb XXXXbXXcabbabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101111 11 010110 1001 111010 0101101 100100110 11010101 11010101 0110110 1 1110111100 100101001 0101001000 11001010111 110100111101 001111111 0100011001 110001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Sapped As I Seek My Dreams;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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