This is an analysis of the poem The Wakeful Sleeper that begins with:
When things are holding wonted pace
In wonted paths, without a trace...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddeffe ggcddc hhbiib jjbkkb llehhe gXeXfe ggekke jjmllm hhbnnb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 01010101 11010010 01010101 01010101 1101010 1000110001 01110101 0101110 01011101 110011101 1110010 11010101 10110101 0100010 10110101 01010111 1101010 10110011 10010111 0110010 010101001 01010111 1100110 11011111 11010101 1101010 11110101 10110101 1101010 11010111 1100101001 1111110 11111101 01011001 1001010 11110101 11010001 11011100 10010110 111010101 01110100 01110111 11110101 0101010 11111101 11010111 1101110 101111001 11001011 0100110 110011111 11011101 1110010 10110111 11010100 0111110 011111001 10010101 0100010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; as, she, her, like, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word her is repeated.
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