This is an analysis of the poem Dreams that begins with:
KEEP thou thy dreams–though joy should pass thee by;
Hold to the rainbow beauty of thy thought;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcbc dada cdcd eaea
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111 1001110011 0011110111 1101010111 1111111111 1111110001 0100010101 0111011101 1111110101 1111010101 1101001101 1001011111 111111011 0101000111 010110001 11000111111 1111010011 1011000111 0111110111 1001111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; and, thy are repeated.
The author used the same word keep at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Dreams;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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