This is an analysis of the poem The Child’s Dream that begins with:

Buried in childhood’s cloudless dreams, a fair-haired nursling lay,
A soft smile hovered round the lips as if still oped to pray;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ddee ffgg aahh aahh bbgg bbii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10011101011101 011101011011001 11010101010111 11110101001101 110111010100101 011110101010101 01011101011101 110110010110101 11011101110111 111100101110101 111111111011011 010111011011101 11001101011101 1101111100100101 11011101010011 11011101010001 110010101011101 110101101110101 11110011011101 11110101110101 11111111101101 110100111111101 10010101011111 01110101111101 111101001111111 11010001111111 110111001110111 110011101111001 01110101110101 011111111000111 11110101101101 01110001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, dost, its, and, thou, thee, one are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Child’s Dream;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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