This is an analysis of the poem Blithe Dreams Arise To Greet Us that begins with:

Blithe dreams arise to greet us,
And life feels clean and new,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXXbXb dedefgfghiXi acacheXeXdXd hahaijXjhdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 111111 10111011 0010101 10001011 1000111 0111011 110101 11110010 1101101 1111010 100101 1111110 010111 0101110 010111 0101010 110111 1001010 111101 0101010 110101 1111010 110101 1100110 011101 1111110 100100 1100010 010101 1101010 100111 1101010 010101 1111010 110111 1101110 0101001 1111110 111011 1101010 110101 1111100 110111 1111010 111101 1111010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 339
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, fluting are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fluting connects the lines.

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