This is an analysis of the poem The Sleeping Beauty that begins with:
“Call that a yarn!” said old Tom Pugh,
“What rot! I’ll lay my hat... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababab cacaca bdbdbd ebebeb fbXbfb ebebeb cgcgcg bfXfXf dhdXdh iXibib jcjcjc fXfXiX cicici bdXdbd fififi kbkbkb bebebe cbcbcb bgXgbg blblbl dXddddXababab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011111 111111 111011111 111111 11011101 010101 11011111 110111 01010101 111101 11110101 010101 11010101 010011 11011011 110101 11010101 111111 01110101 110111 11111001 110111 11011101 011101 01011111 110111 0110101 01101 11010111 010101 11110101 111101 11111101 111101 11010101 111101 010100111 111111 11010111 1010111 11110111 010101 11111101 1101101 01010111 111101 11010101 111101 11011101 01011 11110111 111101 010100101 010001 01010001 110110 11011111 11011 11011111 110111 11010101 0101001 01110101 110101 01011101 110101 11111011 111110 110100111 111101 11011101 110101 11011101 111101 11011101 010101 11010101 110011 1101011 100111 01001110 010111 11111111 011001 11010111 111101 110011111 010001 1101111 110000 10010111 010111 11011001 010101 11011101 111111 11010111 110101 10010101 010001 11110111 010001 10011111 110001 110011101 100111 11111111 110101 11010101 100101 11011111 110111 01011101 111111 11011101 0100101 01110101 111101 11010111 010101 11010111 010101 11011111 0100111 11011101 110111 01010101 110101 11010111 010101 11110111 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 132
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and, his, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sleeping Beauty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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