This is an analysis of the poem Daylight Dreamer that begins with:

Here's the half-finished painting of a girl that I started last December
Here's the first three pages of my novel bout I don't really remember...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabB aabB ccXbb ddba cXXXXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101101000111101010 101110011011110010 111001111011101 10111010101 1101011110010010 101001111010110 110101011111001 10111010101 11110101110101110 0100101001011010 11110101 1110110011111001 110111010101 101111101001010010 1111101010101110 111001101010001 1101110 1110001000000 10110101 10101111110111001011 11111010 11011101110 110110101101111 110101 1111111111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; here's, i, to, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here's, i 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.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word way at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Daylight Dreamer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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