This is an analysis of the poem I Dream Of Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair that begins with:

I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair,
Borne, like a vapor, on the summer air;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaXaA ccbbddee ffddaaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101000111 1101010101 1101010111 10101011101 100011010111 100011110010 11101000111 101010101101 1111000101 10001010101 1101001111 101111001111 101011110101 10101111101 11111011111 101010101101 1111010111 1001110101 0111010111 10101111111 1010110110101 10101001011 11111000111 101010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 387
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words many, sighing 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.

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