This is an analysis of the poem Lullaby that begins with:
The golden dreamboat's ready, all her silken sails are spread,
And the breeze is gently blowing to the fairy port of Bed,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeff ggXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101010111 101010100010101 101010101010111 0010101010100101 101010111010101 101010111111101 101010111110101 111010101010100 101000101010101 101011101010101 101011101110001 111010100110101 101011101010101 011010101010101 1111101010101010 111010101010111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, only are repeated.
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- summary of Lullaby;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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