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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