This is an analysis of the poem The River Of Sleep that begins with:

There are curious isles in the River of Sleep,
Curious isles without number.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd XXeef fdffd gdggdXadaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111001001001 10010110 11001111001 1010111001 011001010 01011001001 11001010 1100100111 1100111001 110010010 1100100101 110011100 011100011 1011100111 01011010 0100100101 110010010 101101101 1111111 11111010 111100101 101001110 1001001001 111101111011 11001010 101011001001 001101010 110101101 1110110111 01010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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, isle, of are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The River Of Sleep;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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