This is an analysis of the poem I Dream'D In A Dream that begins with:

I DREAM'D in a dream, I saw a city invincible to the attacks of the
whole of the rest of the earth;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001110100100000100 1001001 1111011001 101101101000011010 1 0111001000100010110 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; of, i are repeated.

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  • summary of I Dream'D In A Dream;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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