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

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slowly the ponderous doors of lead imponderous... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XbXcccd X bXacXcd X XdXXccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1001001011000 11010101010 110111010111 01000110001001 0101010001 11 100 1 110101010 1111100101 1101010111 100001101001 0101001100 11 100 1 1001001011000 1001110101110 10101110111 11001111001 00010111111 10110 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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

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