This is an analysis of the poem Bedtime Story that begins with:
The moon lies on the river
like a drop of oil....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbccdeXbfdfb XXbeafXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0111010 10101 0101001001 011110 01011011110 1001011 01011011010 0101101 111101 101010 010101 0010100 110011111 11010010 00010010 10111001 010110110 11110010 1000011010 10011001 10011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 341
- Average number of words per stanza: 66
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bruises is repeated).
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- summary of Bedtime Story;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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