This is an analysis of the poem Sleep that begins with:
Can anyone explain,
Why a full agreement has not been reached? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcddcefgh gXXX X b hbbfeX gcfgaefcbX XXdg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,1,1,6,10,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001 1010101101 111010100 11100111010 111010 10110001110 00101 1 010 1110 1110010 01001 1111 1 11 1010 11 10110 011001001000 010101 111 1011110 01000 1011001 110011101 110 110101 0111011101 1100101001010 1 10 110100001010 1011101 1110 0111010100
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sleep;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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