This is an analysis of the poem Songs In Sleep that begins with:

If I could frame for you in cunning words
The songs my heart in sleep is often singing,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XbXb cdcd bbbb efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111110101 01110101010 1101110001 011100101010 1011110100 11011001010 0101011001 110101010110 11010010111 011101010101 1101111101 1110100110 1101010111 11110111010 1111011111 11010101010 0111110101 11011101010 1111001111 11010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; you is repeated.

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