This is an analysis of the poem The Sleep Of Spring that begins with:

O for that sweet, untroubled rest
That poets oft have sung!--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc cacacc dcdXcc ceceff efXfaa bfbXgg fhfhcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 110111 01010101 010101 01010101 11111101 11101110 011101 11010101 010011 10011111 10110101 01010111 010101 01100101 1101010 11010111 11111101 11010101 1111010 11010101 11110010 11010111 11110101 01010101 010101 11010101 110101 01110011 11111100 11011111 111101 11011101 010100 11010101 11111101 11010111 110101 11010111 010001 11110111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; i is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Sleep Of Spring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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