This is an analysis of the poem Grace that begins with:

So still you sleep upon your bed,
So motionless and slender,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fefe ghgh ijij hdhd klklXfefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 1100110 01001111 1101110 10110111 1111010 01010111 1101110 01011101 1111010 01111101 1111010 111111110 1101110 011101110 0110110 11011101 0111010 01110111 1101010 01111111 1101010 11111111 1111010 11111001 0101011 10110111 1011011 10111101 0111110 11010101 1100110 11110101 1111110 01010111 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; your, so, and, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words so, the, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Grace;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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