This is an analysis of the poem Sleep At The Wheel that begins with:
There are those who would like to keep,
Their lives free from contacting......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbbab XXcaXdd XdefccX XecageX X cbaea c fdgeggX XccX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,7,7,7,1,5,1,7,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111101 1110110 1000100 00101100 111011100001 1010001 10001111 1011110111111 11110100101001 010110101000 1010100 1110110100101 0111101011010 0010001101110 100001000101110 00100010001111 11101001100 00101011010101 111101111001 1011111 1101101111010 10110100010100110 1 11101 11011010101 1110 11100111011101 110111101 11001111101 111 11001010 10010110100 1011101 11110010 10111100101101 1110010 1000110 111110101 1111100101 101 111 00111011101 110101101110101 1 010 1011 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sleep At The Wheel;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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