This is an analysis of the poem Mother Of Dreams that begins with:

Goddess supreme, Mother of Dream, by thy ivory doors when thou standest,
Who are they then that come down unto men in thy visions that troop,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXc Xcdcc aXXcc XbeffXdaeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100110011110011110 11111111010110111011101001110 1101111110010011010 11111001011011011111101010010 11101101110110110111110011010 11111111011111100111010 11111101011100111011011010110010 1011101111011101010 111101101001111111110101010 111100101011011010111010 100100101101011010 10010110110011000010010010 10010010010110010110 1010011111101101010011010110 1001111011111001001111111010 10011110101100101000 11010101001111010011010011011 11010111001011001010 11110010011110101010011111010 111100100110101101001011010110 111111111111010010 11010010011110110101001001010 011011011111010011011 1001011011111100101101101110 0011111110110110111110111001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 526
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 104 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 19
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, dream, thy, they, that, in, these, with, have are repeated.

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  • summary of Mother Of Dreams;
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  • history of its creation;
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