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

HAVE YOU found me, at last, O my Dream? Seven eons ago
You died and I buried you deep under forests of snow. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccddXaadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111111111101001 11111011101001 11111011101011 1110101001001 111011011011001 111011011001011 111110011001011 111111001001111 11011111101001 101101111101001 11101011011101 01101111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, would, my, of, your are repeated.

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

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

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