This is an analysis of the poem Marianne's Dream that begins with:

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A pale Dream came to a Lady fair,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xababbb Xccccdd Xcecebb Xfafagg Xbfbfhh Xaiaijjj XakakXb Xfgfgll XdfdfbXb Xdmdmddd XibiXddd XififXgg Xefefaabb XmbmXjj XXmfmdd Xddddgg XdhdXng Xffffaa Xdodoaa Xjajaff Xflflcc Xkdknmmm Xhehejjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,8,7,7,8,8,8,8,9,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 011100101 11010111 11010001 111100101 11110101 01011101 1 11110101 01111101 01011101 10111111 11011101 01010111 1 111101010 10000101 1101101010 110100101 101010101 001011111 1 11010111 110100101 11010111 01110101 1010010101 01010001 1 011110101 01010101 01111010 11111101 11110101 10010101 1 0101100101 011101010 11011101 011001110 11010111 10111101 0010011011 1 110100101 1110001111 101011101 010011101 11010110 010111111 1 11010101 01011100 110010100 01110101 110101110 101111010 1 11110011 11010101 11110101 110010101 010111001 10111100 11011100 1 11010101 110101101 11010111 01011111 01010100 11011101 00110100 1 11010111 10011101 11011101 01010110 11010111 11011101 11110111 1 10011101 01110111 111101001 10111101 0111010110 110100101 010010101 1 11011001 11011101 11100101 01010111 11111111 11010111 110110111 01011101 1 11110101 11110111 110101001 101111000 11010101 001110011 1 01010100 01001011001 11010101 11110101 01011101 10110101 1 01101101 11010101101 01011100 001010011 1010110111 1011101101 1 11011101 11000101 11011111 01010110 01010111 1010110100 1 01010111 01010111 10010111 01010111 111110101 01010101 1 101101010 01110011 110101010 0111101 01010111 10110011 1 111111001 11010101 10110101 00110101 1001110110 111011110 1 11010101 110101110 10110101 110111010 111101010 110100010 1 11111101 11000101 110100101 011110100 01110101 11010111 10010001 1 010101101 100110001 11011001 00110101 111011111 11111111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 23
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 170
  • 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 punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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