This is an analysis of the poem Sleep Is A Spirit that begins with:

Sleep is a spirit, who beside us sits,
Or through our frames like some dim glamour flits;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabbccd eecccc ffggff ccffa hhffi iddXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,6,6,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001010111 1111111101 0101010101 1001000101 01001010111 1101011101 01011001001 11010111011 010 1010101 1111110101 0101010011 0111111101 1101011111 0101010111 1111000101 1101110111 1001110111 1111010101 01110100101 01010001101 0101010101 10110100100 01010111001 0101110001 01001 100111 0101010101 1111010100 0111110100 1101011101 1001110101 110010001010 110101001010 1011110100 0101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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  • summary of Sleep Is A Spirit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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