This is an analysis of the poem In The Dusky Path Of A Dream that begins with:

IN the dusky path of a dream I went to seek the love who was mine in a former life.
Her house stood at the end of a desolate street....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aX XXX baXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0010100111010111100101 011101001001 00101011111010110100100110 11011101011011 110110111100111111 1101011101011010 111111111011 11001111011011101110 111100010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 71 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 15
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, her, and, to, i, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, i are repeated.

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  • summary of In The Dusky Path Of A Dream;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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