This is an analysis of the poem Before Sleep that begins with:
The lateral vibrations caress me,
They leap and caress me, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bXXaXc bDcbbeaeD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100010011 111011 11010000110 1110100 1001101 01001010111100 11101100 0001001011011 100 110010010 1 111010110 11101010 10111010 101100010110101 0010100010 01011011 1011 111010110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, of, up, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Before Sleep;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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