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

With moon-white hearts that held a gleam
I gathered wild-flowers in a dream,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ccee ffdd ggcc eeXg dXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 110110001 11010111 11000111 010111001 11010101 01110111 01110001 100100111 01010101 01010011 11010100 10011101 11010001 110011101 111110101 11010001 110100001 11011101 01010101 01011001 01110101 11000110 11010111 10111101 11110100 11111111 00111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, more, than, real are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, a, more are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Dream Shape;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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