This is an analysis of the poem The Sleep-Walkers that begins with:
In the town where I was born lived a woman and her daughter, who
walked in their sleep....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX XX aXX XXX XaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0011111101010101 1011 111101000101010 10101011011110 1010111111111100 11111101111111 010100111111 101011111101010 111101110111111 111100111011101 11100111110010101 101111010101010 11
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; in, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Sleep-Walkers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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