This is an analysis of the poem Little Boy Sleepy that begins with:
Little boy sleepy won't go to bed,
Though the Sand Man came an hour ago,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaab aCbcccb CDXXddb DEbfffX EFbfffbXF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,7,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101101101 1011111001 111100111 10111011001 10101011101 1111111101 101101101 101101101 1011101111 01011001011 110100101 011111111 10011011 101101101 101101001 111010111 01011011000 1010101101 1010111111 1010011101 101101001 101101101 110101111 111101111 1101111111 1110111101 1010111111 101101101 101101111 111101011 001111111 110111101 11011111 001011111 101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, little, to, sleepy, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, little are repeated.
The author used the same word little at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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