This is an analysis of the poem ...And 'Now' I Lay Me Down To Sleep that begins with:
...and 'now' I lay me down to sleep.
Before on more nerves of readers I keep....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 0111101011 1110110101110 1110011001101 11000100 01010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; i is repeated.
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- summary of ...And 'Now' I Lay Me Down To Sleep;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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