This is an analysis of the poem He Giveth His Beloved Sleep that begins with:
The long day passes with its load of sorrow:
In slumber deep ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXAbaba cacA cacA cacA dada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110001010 0101 11110101011 1111 11111001010 0111 01111101110 1101 111111010110 1101 11111101010 0111 11111101010 0101 11010101110 0111 10010101110 1111 01011101010 1111 11010101011 1101 11110101111 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thank, we are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word sleep at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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