This is an analysis of the poem The Lady's Dream that begins with:

The lady lay in her bed,
Her couch so warm and soft, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbab Xdedfd ghbhaX gaiaXa XhXhah aibXei hjcjbj gckcbc dadaaa aididi jldlll gcacbc kahaia fabaia faiaia abcbbXXihchhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101001 011111 1011101101 1101011 010111011 110101 111101 1110101 001011011 110101 11001011001 010101 010101 0101101 10111101001 101001 10111011111 111101 110101 0010101 1110010101 111101 1111011 0100111 111101 1101101 010101101 110101 1011110101 1101101 10111001 111101 110010111 1101010 111101101 011101 110101 01100111 1010101 0111001 010111011 010101 1011101 0011101 0010101001 110101 011101111 1111001 101101001 1011111 10100110101 1101001 0100111111 01001111 1101111 1010001 110010111 010100 110010101 111101 11011101 1100101 111101101 111101 111100110 101111 1101001 1101001 110110101 1101011 01010101 011101 1011111 110111 1100101101 1101001 0101100101 10101 110101 1111000 1111111 011101 11100100101 111101 1110101 0101011 011101101 0101101 11100100101 110101 111111 0101011 110101011 011101 110011101 111101 110101 1010101 11101111 011101 111111001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 17
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 102
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, death, of, i, might, have are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, of, the 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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  • summary of The Lady's Dream;
  • central theme;
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