This is an analysis of the poem Baby Lies So Fast Asleep that begins with:

Baby lies so fast asleep
That we cannot wake her: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbAbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 111010 0010101 1010010 1011101 111110 1010001 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; her is repeated.

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