This is an analysis of the poem O Little Root Of A Dream that begins with:

0 little root of a dream
you hold me here ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabcd Xdecb caXXXXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 1111 10111 1101000100 10001 101 1110101 0100 10110 111111 10 1 11 011 0010 01011001110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of O Little Root Of A Dream;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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