This is an analysis of the poem As In A Dream that begins with:

To the melody of "Ru Meng Lin"
Last night in the light rain as rough winds blew,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 00100010110 1100111111 1101111100 1101110101 011111111100 1111 1101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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