This is an analysis of the poem As Those Unconscious Sleep that begins with:
If not for love of humanity,
Would they outspoken speak? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD Xecc ABCD ffeXceXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011100100 111101 010100100 01001101000 11110 1101 1110110100 010110100 011100100 111101 010100100 01001101000 111101 0111010001 1101111 0011010101 1010010 11010111001 11010 1001101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; why is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, how are repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
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