This is an analysis of the poem A Dream that begins with:
Just when ye dead of night began to fail
& boding visions senceless dreams expell...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aXbXbXXXcbbddXXeeffccgghhiibbaajjcgggcccXkhhhjjeeXfffbbXX bbbll cchhfXhhaakkkkk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 57,5,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111010101 1010100110 1001010111 0101010101 10101010101 111101101 1101010101 1011010110 0101110101 1111111101 010111101 0011110111 1111010011 1111110110 1001011101 1111001111 011101011 1111011111 111111101 1111100001 101010111 1101011101 1101110001 1110110101 101011100101 111010101 1111111101 011111111 1101010111 1101001111 100011101 0100110001 010100101 010111101 1111010110 1111110101 0101010101 0101010001 1101010111 010101011101 1011011111 110111011 1101001111 1101110001 1101010101 1001010011 1011000101 0110011101 0101001101 1111010010 111010101 111111111 11001011101 1111011101 01101101 11110101110 1111010111 1010000111 0111011101 0100100101 1101010101 111110111 1101111110 111000111 110101101 1101011001 1111010111 0101111110 1111010001 111010101 1001110101 01010010101 0100010101 111111111 11010111111 1101011101 1011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1050
- Average number of words per stanza: 198
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; my, you, teach, his, i, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Dream;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
