This is an analysis of the poem I Have Dreamed Of You So Much that begins with:

I have dreamed of you so much that you are no longer real.
Is there still time for me to reach your breathing body, to kiss your mouth and make...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX XaaX X XXXa XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111111101 0111110111010011111 11110101 111011111111010111 1111111101110010110 11001101110111011110 110111001011 11010 11101111101011111011 111111010101111101011 1110111111111111011 101100 11101111111111111 011010101011110001010 0110011010111110110 1111101010011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 14
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, to, of, and, i, so, much, shadow are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • history of its creation;
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