This is an analysis of the poem Sleep Spaces that begins with:

In the night there are of course the seven wonders
of the world and the greatness tragedy and enchantment....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcDaeDcceDbXafgghXifaXaadXXeaiXcehXhfaahXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001110101010 00110101001010 1001010101010010 101 00111010110100 0101010011101010 101 00111111 101000101011011 0111011001 101 0010101 01101 1110101111001 11011011110010011 1010101110101 01101001110111101 11111100010111 110101111101 111110101100 111111100011 10100100110 101001101010010 01001110100101110 100110010111010110101 1110111111110100111 111011010010110010 110110100100101 1101011100011010 1111111100111101111 00100 110101101001011101 11100101001011 1010011 11110101110101 101000010111 11111 0011111010010001 0101011101 010110010 0011101010001 001111100101101 001101 00111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 408
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, who, in, there, night are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, you, of, in are repeated.

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

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

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