This is an analysis of the poem Our Dreams that begins with:

Spare us our Dreams, O God! The dream we dreamed
When we were children and dwelt near the Land... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaabcdbcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111110111 1101011101 0101111101 0101010101 0111110011 0111110001 0101011111 1101011101 0111010111 01010100010 01010110111 1111111101 11011111110 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 671
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, that, of are repeated.

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

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