There's Something Quieter Than Sleep by Emily Dickinson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem There's Something Quieter Than Sleep that begins with:

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There's something quieter than sleep... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa XXbc XXbc XXXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010011 010101 010101010 101101 11011110 1101010 01010100 111101 111101010 110101 1101010 100101 1101010 100100100 10001000 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 98
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of There's Something Quieter Than Sleep;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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