This is an analysis of the poem Lover's Gifts Xxviii: I Dreamt that begins with:

I dreamt that she sat by my head, tenderly ruffling my hair with
her fingers, playing the melody of her touch. I looked at her face...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111100100110 01010010000111101 11001110100001011 111010 11111010010101110 101010110111001010 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Lover's Gifts Xxviii: I Dreamt;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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