This is an analysis of the poem The Bohemian Dreams that begins with:
Because my overcoat's in pawn,
I choose to take my glass...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXacac Xcdcebeb eaeafbfb fdfdghgh iaiahdhd hjXjkdkd aaXaalal aeXemkmk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110001 110111 01010101 010100 01010101 010101 11111111 111111 11010110 010101 0100101 011101 01010111 111111 01100111 111111 11010101 011101 01010111 010111 11011101 010101 11010101 111111 11010101 010101 10010101 010101 11110101 011101 01010101 111111 1101010 110101 11011100 110111 110101101 010101 11110101 111111 11010101 111101 11000111 110101 01110101 110101 11111111 111111 11010101 010101 01010100 01101 010100101 010001 11111111 111111 11111101 110111 11010101 100001 11110111 010111 01110111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; and, think, of, pass, dance, round, fall, toil, in, pray, my, doze are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, of are 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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- summary of The Bohemian Dreams;
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