This is an analysis of the poem As I Laye A-Dreamynge that begins with:
After T. I.
As I laye a-dreamynge, a-dreamynge, a-dreamynge, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXaXXbXXXXbXXXXXccXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXaXXXXaXXXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 111010010010 111010010101 11001011 1101001 1100101 101 1110100110 111010010010 111011011101 11000111 1011101 0011111 11 111010110101 111010010010 11101111010 110101 11110110 111101 001 111010111101 111010010010 1101011010001 11000111 1111111 1010111 110 1110101101100 111010010010 110101101011 10101010 0010111 1110011 1100 111010011100 1110101101110 11010011010001 1111101 1110101 1010001 10100010 111010111101 11001010 101010110 101011000 1111101 1001110110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1833
- Average number of words per stanza: 343
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; dreamynge, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and are repeated.
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