This is an analysis of the poem Life Is But A Dream that begins with:
A boat, beneath a sunny sky
Lingering onward dreamily... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXa bBb aaa Xcc bBb aaa ddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 10010100 0110001 1011101 1011101 1010101 1111101 10111001 1011101 1111100 1010101 1011101 1010101 1011101 1001101 0010111 1010111 1010101 1010101 10000101 1100101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 85
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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