This is an analysis of the poem A Dream that begins with:
As we sat in dim firelight,
You and I, when starless night...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabccbbdaabeeedXff X Xgghddiaaiiedjeehhhh X fkfkffdfffccff bbdXXddeeljjl mmhhbbmaamfddXdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,1,20,1,14,13,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11101100 1111101 1010101 10111010 100101110 1011111 110001010 1111101 1000101 11011001 111101010 1011101 01000101 01110101 11011111 101011000 1111101 11010101 10111011110 110111100 11010101 10010111 100100010 10010101 11010101 110101010 01110101 01010100 100101010 10101110 11110101 01111101 01110100 00110111 1000101 010111001 1001101 1000101 1011101 1010101011110 11011111 11010101 11011001 11110101 10010101 01011101 11010110 0101101 01010111 11010111 110111010 10111010 01011111 10000101 11111101 0011101 100111001 11010100 01011101 11011011 01011111 011101001 0110101 11010101 10100100 01011100 11000111 101010111 01111101 11010111 1010101 11100101 11010101 111100101 110101010 111001010 100101001 111101101 1011111 0010111 10111000 1010101 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 401
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 83
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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, of, we, left are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, we 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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