This is an analysis of the poem Slumber Song that begins with:
Some day, if I should ever lose you,
will you be able then to go to sleep...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bcXd aXcd Xb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110111011 0101010101 01110100011 1111000101 011101110 1101110111 11011000111 0111010111 0111011101 010101101010 101010010 00101110 0101101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your, upon are repeated.
The author used the same word without at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Slumber Song;
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