This is an analysis of the poem Stop That Gentle Rocking Of My Cradle that begins with:
Stop that gentle rocking of my cradle.
Stop that gentle rocking of my cradle....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAABBA CADefeca AAABBA CADefeca ADAeAfAeca XXXBXBXXBB AXXXBXBB CXBXB Defeca XXXXXB BBAXXBXBBA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,6,8,10,10,8,5,6,6,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100110 1110100110 1110100110 111010 01111010 011110100110 10111011 1110100110 101011101 1 1 10 1 010 1110100110 1110100110 1110100110 111010 01111010 011110100110 10111011 1110100110 101011101 1 1 10 1 010 1110100110 101011101 1110100110 1 1110100110 1 1110100110 10 1 010 1 1 11 10111011 1 10111011 1 1 10111011 10111011 1110100110 1 1 1 10111011 1 10111011 10111011 10111011 1 10111011 1 10111011 101011101 1 1 10 1 010 1 1 11 1 1 10111011 111010 01111010 011110100110 1 1 10111011 111010 01111010 011110100110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- 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; stop, that, gentle, rocking, of, my, cradle, poppa, why, you, sleepin', so, long are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words stop, will, zzzzz, poppa, ooooh are repeated.
The author used the same words children, stop at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases zzzzz, ooooh connect the lines.
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