This is an analysis of the poem Lullaby that begins with:

Bedtime 's come fu' little boys.
Po' little lamb....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBaBXXXB XBXBXXXB XBXBcccB cBcBdddB eBeBeeeB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 1101 11010101 1101 11110101 1111110 11111011 1101 10101001 1101 1011101 1101 11110101 11111110 1111101 1101 11111001 1101 1101111 1101 1111101 1110111 1111101 1101 1111111 1101 1110111 1101 10111111 1010111 11010111 1101 1111011 1101 11010101 1101 1010101 1111111 1111101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; little, you are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word lamb at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Lullaby;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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