This is an analysis of the poem A Dream that begins with:

Guid-Mornin' to our Majesty!
May Heaven augment your blisses ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcacbcb XadbdaXab efefeXefb dgdgdXdhX XififiXib eXefefefb hchXhchcb jijihihXb hbhbhbhbb XacacXcab iXiXifXfb XfkXkfkab ifififXfb XaXaXbXbb lXlXXhlXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11001100 11001110 11011111 0101010 11011110 1101100 01111101 1011110 1101 11110101 11001110 10101010111 1101011 01010101 1111110 11111111 1110010 1101 11010111 1111010 11010111 1111010 11010111 1100100 11010101 1101010 1101 11011101 1111010 11111101 1100010 11010111 01011110 11011101 1101100 1011 11111101 0111010 111101110 0101010 111101110 1101010 0110111 1101110 1111 11111101 0101010 11010101 1111010 11111101 1101010 11111101 1101010 10111 01010101 1101010 11011101 0111010 11010111 1101110 11111101 011110 1001 01111101 0111010 11111001 1101010 11011101 0101010 01111101 11001100 0111 11001100 1101011 01010100 0101011 1110111 1101111 01111101 1100011 1111 111101100 1111010 110011101 0111010 11111111 1111010 110110101 1101110 1111 11010101 0101010 111100101 1101110 11110111 1100110 11110111 1111010 11001 11110100 1101110 10010111 1001100 11011101 1101010 11110101 1111010 1101 11010111 1101010 010010111 1111010 11111101 110010 11011101 1101010 1111 1101101 1101010 11111111 1111010 11110110 1111011 11010111 1101111 1101 11110101 1101010 11011101 0101010 1111111 1111010 11011111 0101110 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 135
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase is connects the lines.

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