This is an analysis of the poem The Source that begins with:
The sleep that flits on baby's eyes-does anybody know from where
it comes? Yes, there is a rumour that it has its dwelling where,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccXXXXXccbXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111110111000101 011100101010101 001010011100101010 11111110010010 101101 0111011011111 100011011110010101 11001011010010010 11101111001001 11001110110111 1 011101111011 100011011011110101 0110101001010110 10001011101111 101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 885
- Average number of words per stanza: 166
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; there, it are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines where is repeated).
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- summary of The Source;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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