This is an analysis of the poem It Was A Dream that begins with:
in which my greater self
rose up before me...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXcXcXXddbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 011101 11011 0101011 001010 1000101 1111110 1 11000111 111111 1110011 11011 11111 1110 000
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of It Was A Dream;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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