This is an analysis of the poem Cradle Song Of The Cossack Mother that begins with:

Slumber sweet, my fairest baby,
Slumber calmly, sleep—­...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadeD efXXfdfD gcbchdiD idgdcdhD igigcdXD XgiafdfD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 10101 10111110 01101 10101010 11101 11101011 10111 10101010 10101 10101010 10101 11101010 11101 10110110 10111 10101011 1010010 11101010 101010 10101110 10101 10111110 10111 11111110 10101 11101111 10101 10001010 10101 11101011 10111 10111010 10111 10111010 00101 11101110 10101 11111100 10111 10101010 10101 00101010 10100 10101010 10101 10101110 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 214
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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  • summary of Cradle Song Of The Cossack Mother;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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