This is an analysis of the poem Slumberland Time that begins with:

IT is Slumberland time, and the storms have passed by,
And the sea is now golden and still, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ebebdfdf gagadada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001001101111 101011011 101101111001 101101001 01011111001 101001001 111001101101 101011101 001001101001 01001111 01101011001 101101001 01101101001 001111011 101101011001 111001001 001001101111 101101001 110111001101 101101001 11011001001 01001011 11001101101 101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 350
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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