This is an analysis of the poem The Old Dreamer that begins with:
COME, let's climb into our attic,
In our house that's old and gray!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcBdbdbcbcbebeBfbfBgbgbcbcBhbhbdbdBibiBdbdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100110 0111111 11110010 10101 10111110 1111101 11111010 00101 10101110 1110101 11101010 11101 11110110 1111111 10111010 10101 10111010 1111101 11101010 10101 10101110 1110101 11101010 10101 11111110 1111101 11101110 11101 11111010 1110101 11101010 10101 11101010 1111111 101001010 10101 11101110 1010111 11111010 00101 11101111 1110111 11101111 00101 10110010 1011011 10101010 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1477
- Average number of words per stanza: 289
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, how are repeated.
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- summary of The Old Dreamer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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