This is an analysis of the poem Sleep that begins with:
Lull me to sleep, ye winds, whose fitful sound
Seems from some faint Aeolian harp-string caught;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacbdcbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101111101 101110111 11010100101 1100010101 01010010101 1111011101 0111011101 1001010101 1111011111 1101010101 1101100101 1011010001 11010100101 1001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
- Average number of words per stanza: 107
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; with is repeated.
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- summary of Sleep;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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