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

This was my dream:
It seemed the afternoon... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabcddeeffgghhfXffaaeeffeebcffffii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111 010101 0111011101 1111010100 1001010101 1101010001 10011010101 1101011100 11001010101 1101010111 0101010101 1101110101 1111110101 11011101010 100100101010 1101111101 1101010101 1101011111 0101010011 1101110111 11001100111 10011001111 110010101001 1111110011 0101110101 11010010101 1101010101 1110000100 0111010111 01011111001 10001111101 0101010101 0111000101 1101010101 11001010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 745
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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, vines, of are repeated.

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

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