This is an analysis of the poem Sleeping Together that begins with:

Sleeping together... how tired you were...
How warm our room... how the firelight spread... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccdb ceeffc dbb Xgga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001011010 1111101001 111101111 110101101 1101111011 101001101 01111001011 10010001 1101110101 110100101 101100111 00100101111 110111001 110101101 1001001001 110001101 010010101 111100101 10100101 1001011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 201
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; how, it are repeated.

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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