This is an analysis of The Dream by Aphra Behn.

All trembling in my arms Aminta lay,
Defending of the bliss I strove to take;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddede ffXX
  • Stanza lengths: 12,4,
  • Metre: 11000110101 0100011101 1011010101 01110111 0101000101 111101001010 0101010101 010101110 1001010011 11011111 1011000111 11111101111 1101111111 1111010011 1111010101 01110001000
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

her