This is an analysis of the poem Dream Song Ii that begins with:
Pray, what can dreams avail
To make love or to mar?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 011101 01010101 110001 10011001 01011101 01110101 110001 11010101 011111 01011101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of Dream Song Ii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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