This is an analysis of the poem The Sister's Lullaby that begins with:
You would not slumber
If laid at my breast:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABA XbA cXA AbA cbA aBA Xba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 01111 11110 01011 01001 11110 11111 111100 11110 10110 11011 10110 11111 01101 10110 11110 01111 10110 110110 11101 11010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Sister's Lullaby;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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