This is an analysis of the poem Before Sleep that begins with:
Now the creeping nets of sleep
Stretch about and gather nigh,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcX bdbdeX dfdfbX fgfghh icicXd fjfjaa kekedd iXidgg bhXhbb lXlhhh afafcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1011101 1011111 1010101 1000101 1110100 1010110 1000101 1010101 0110101 0010111 1011100 10100101 1011101 10110001 0011111 1110110 1110100 1110111 1010101 1010001 1010111 1110101 1110101 1110101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1111110 1110101 1010110 10100101 1010101 1010101 1110111 1010101 1011111 1001101 1010101 0110101 11101101 1010111 1010101 1010100 0010111 1110111 1010101 1110101 1110101 1011101 1010100 0110101 1011101 1011101 1110101 10111010 1010101 1011101 1110101 1011101 1110101 1111111 1010101 1011111 1011101 1110100
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, how are repeated.
The author used the same word how at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Before Sleep;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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