This is an analysis of Dreams by John Dryden.

Dreams are but interludes which Fancy makes;
When monarch Reason sleeps, this mimic wakes:…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccccdddaa
  • Stanza lengths: 17,
  • Metre: 1111011101 1111010101 1001000101 0101010101 1111010111 1101000111 1101010111 11001111010 0101011101 1100011101 0101011101 1011110101 0111010101 0101110111 1101010111 0101010001 1001110111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 17

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