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

Behold an endless evening over land
That lapped in vast vales rises up afar... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdefXbaaXfeeeaacXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111010101 1101110101 0001010101 0101010001 1100010101 1111010101 0101110101 1101101101 11011001001 1011011111 11001010101 1011010101 1111010101 1111100101 11001111101 01010101110 1001010101 1111010111 10101011111 1111110101 0101010101 0111010001 11001010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 992
  • Average number of words per stanza: 171
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of A Dream;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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