This is an analysis of the poem A Dreamer Of Dreams that begins with:

He lived beyond men, and so stood
Admitted to the brotherhood... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcc dddXeedd eeddffgg ffhhiiccjjkkllXa mmbbkXaabbaacc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,16,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011111 01000101 01010111 100011101 11110101 11110111 01110101 11011101 1100101001 0110001001 11010001 1100100 1100111 11000111 010100110 1101010010 1100100101 110010101 10110101 11111101 10010101 11110101 11110101 11010101 110111001 11110111 11110101 01011101 01011101 01110101 01100111 11011111 110100101 10010101 110100101 010101001 11110101 110101001 011111000 01110111 11011101 11010101 0110011 01010111 11111101 11000100 10010101 01010101 10011101 01011001 11010011 01110111 1001000101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 386
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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  • summary of A Dreamer Of Dreams;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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