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

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Moonlight and dew-drenched blossom, and the scent ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccXbdXdd X bbbdcceeeXe X fggfffXedeed X aaahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,11,1,12,1,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111110101 0101011111 1110010101 1111010 111 11010010101 11010101110 1011111101 01011001110 1 10100010101 11010111111 01011101 1111000 11010 001101011010 1011010011 100101 11011100111 1011011110 1011111111 1 1101110111 11111111110 10010101110 1100110011 11110010111 11111111011 11110111 111 0101010111 10110101101 110100 1111000101 1 1101110111 1100011111 11111111001 01011101001 1111010111 0011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, their, they are repeated.

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

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