This is an analysis of the poem Day Is Dead, And Let Us Sleep that begins with:

DAY is dead, and let us sleep,
Sleep a while or sleep for aye,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcabdddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1011111 1010110 1010111 0111101 10101 1010101 1010110 1010001 1000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; sleep is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word joy is repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sleep connects the lines.

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