This is an analysis of the poem Dead! that begins with:
Hush! or you'll wake her. Softly tread!
She slumbers in her little bed.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaab ccXb dddb cXcb eeeb aaab cccb fffb gXgb hhhb dddbXaaab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 11000101 11110101 1111010 11010100 11111101 11011111 1110010 11010101 101100101 11110001 1011010 11011101 111101111 11110111 1011010 11111111 10110001 01011111 1001010 11110101 111011101 10111111 0111010 11010111 10110111 10111101 1100110 101111010 110101010 010011010 1111010 110011101 1111010110 01010111 0111010 10111011 11010110 11111111 1101110 01010011 10110101 11111111 1100010 11010101 11011111 010100101 0100010
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, my, you, no, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word morning at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase seek connects the lines.
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