This is an analysis of the poem The Sleepers that begins with:

THE tall carnations crown the garden walks
Bowed on their stalks.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aa BbccccXBC dd BbeeeeXBC ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,9,2,9,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010101 1111 11010101 1101 1111110101 1101 1111010111 1111011110 010011 11010101 111101 0101000111 1111 11010101 1101 0100111111 1101 1101110001 010011111 110011 11010101 111101 0101010101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Sleepers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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