This is an analysis of the poem Rest that begins with:
O Earth, lie heavily upon her eyes;
Seal her sweet eyes weary of watching, Earth;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXXcXXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111000101 1011100101 1101011111 0011011101 1111011101 1011000011 01110001001 0101011101 1011110100 1011001101 1001011101 0101000100 0111011110 1111101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 593
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
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- summary of Rest;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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