This is an analysis of the poem Rose And Redbird - A Faerytale that begins with:

I had the strangest dream last night:
I dreamed the poppies, red and white,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaa ccbbdX eeffgX hhcchh aaeebX bbhhaa bbhhbb ggiidd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 11010111 11010101 10110111 1100001001 11110101 11010101 11011111 00110111 01011101 110111001 01010100 01011111 11111101 11010101 11010101 01010111 01010111 11011101 11010111 01010101 01010101 110100101 01010101 010111011 11010101 01011101 01010101 01010101 01010100 11001101 00111101 11010101 110110101 11010101 10011111 11111101 11010101 111101010 110011110 01111111 11010001 01011101 11010111 11110101 11110101 11010001 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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