This is an analysis of the poem Between Your Sheets that begins with:

Between your sheets you soundly sleep
Nor dreams of vigils that we lovers keep... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddE ddffggeeE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01111101 1101011101 1101110111 01011100101 0101011111 0101011101 0111110101 11010110001 0111 1100011111 1111110101 0101010101 0101010101 1111011111 1110011101 11001001101 1110111101 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

  • summary of Between Your Sheets;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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