This is an analysis of the poem The Way Home that begins with:
Many dreams I have dreamed
That are all now gone.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb Xcdc deXe bafXXfeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101111 11111 01100011 101001 111110 00111 11101001 10101 111101 11011 001101011 01011 100001 1101 100101101 110010 00110 11001 110011 00011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Way Home;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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