This is an analysis of Dreams Nascent by David Herbert Lawrence.

My world is a painted fresco, where coloured shapes
Of old, ineffectual lives linger blurred and warm;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cXd efXee agcb XfhX gidgi Xceb hcbhdbXbh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,5,4,4,5,4,9,
  • Metre: 110010101101 0110100110111 110100011101 0101101011001 01001010 010001010110 1010100110101111110 001101010 01011101001 1101011011111 10010100101101 10010101 1010100 001010110010 010100011001010101 01100010010101 111101011 010100110 00100011011001010 11101001001011001 01111000101111 101101011011000 01011111111011 11110001011001010110 1011001010110 111110101101010101001 101101011011011101 10010101010010 100100101101010 10110011010000110 010001010111101 101110100011011001001 10111010010 10100100001001111 101000010111001010 101111101101001 1010010010111001000101 11001110010111001 110010100100101 10100101001110 101101000101 1011010000110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 42

Repeated words/phrases

my, of, dream, i, and, in

Anaphora

the, oh, and