This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Sleeper that begins with:
SLEEPER rest quietly
Deep underground!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XAXabbbacddA efafbbafcccf eCacbbbcggXC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100 1101 10110 01001 10110 11010 1011 111001 11111 111101 100101 1101 10110 1001 011101 01110 10110 10110 1001 111011 110100 110100 101100 1001 11010 1101 11110 1101 11010 10110 11110 11101 110101 100101 111100 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; of, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, while, sleep are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us, it are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Song Of The Sleeper;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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