This is an analysis of the poem In The Naked Bed, In Plato's Cave that begins with:

In the naked bed, in Plato's cave,
Reflected headlights slowly slid the wall,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbbaXXXXccdeaf efXXXeadcXabgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001010101 0101110101 100101001010 11001010111 010111110 11101100 0101001010101 1101 100101 0101010101 110110101 1100100101 0101001101 01110101010 01011100 1110100101 10100100101 110101010101 101101010110 011101010 10011001101 0001100101 0100101011 0111000101 1011010111 010100101111 110101001001 01010010000010 01101 110001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 648
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; so, of are repeated.

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

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