This is an analysis of the poem Cradle-Song For My Son Carl that begins with:

Little Carl, sleep soft and sweet:
Thou'lt soon enough be waking;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXXab cdcdeed ababffbXebebddb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 1101010 1011111 1100100 11101100 1111111 111010 1110101 101110 1010101 101010 1010101 1110100 101010 11000111 1100110 1110101 1101010 1011011 1010111 111010 1010111 111010 1010111 0111010 1010111 1011101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Cradle-Song For My Son Carl;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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