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

Sing me to sleep when I go West;
But sing you, soft and low,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXaXb cdcdeeed ababfffb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011111 111111 11001010 1111101 11010100 11100111 11011100 1110101 110100011 10110111 11010111 1111101 110111101 1010111101 11000111 1011111 11011111 010111 01110101 1010111 1010110101 00110100111 11111101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.

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

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