This is an analysis of the poem The Dreamboat that begins with:
Who was it that came to me in a boat made of dream-fire,
With his flame brow and his sun-gold body?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcac Xbac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110100110110 0011101110 10101000011010 11110011010 10001000011010 0011101110 100001000111010 1011101110 10101000011010 1011101110 10001001111110 1011101111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Dreamboat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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