This is an analysis of the poem Sleeping And Waking that begins with:

I Had a dream-I lay upon thy breast,
In that sweet place where we lay long ago:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaa accaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110111 0111111101 1101010011 0101110111 1011110111 1111010101 1101111101 01001010001 1001110101 11011110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Sleeping And Waking;
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  • history of its creation;
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