This is an analysis of the poem Sleeping With Boa that begins with:

I show her how to put her arms around me,
but she’s much too small. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabbXc bbcbcc bbbbbb ddXdde Xebbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101011 11111 0111101 1 111101110 10100111 111101 1 10111 11101 1100110 111001 000101 10101 111001 11110101 1100011110 1111 10010110011 1101101 1011111111 1011111 10101 10001110101 0111011 0011101 1111 111 1 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.

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  • summary of Sleeping With Boa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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