This is an analysis of the poem I Dreamed I Already that begins with:
I dreamed I already loved you.
I dreamed I already killed you....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa abcXdX cdeX XX afXb efeedX Xg cXeX Xg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,4,2,4,6,2,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101011 11101011 11101010111 0110101001 11010011 1110100010 1101011 11111111111 011111101 10001010 11101001 110110110 011011111 011010111 10010011111 11010110 11101110 110111001 1100101011 1110111100 11101011 11101011 11110110 10111110 111111 0100100101111 1101011101 1111 010011110011 111111 1 01011100100101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, me, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, you are repeated.
The author used the same word i'm at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you, ', me are repeated).
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