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

Keep me from going to sleep too soon
Or if I go to sleep too soon...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXXaXacdXcdXcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100111 10110111 111111010 01110101 11011101 11110111 11101101 11010111 11111111 11010001 110001111 11111011 01110111 11011001 11010111 11010001 110111011 110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 601
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, on, and, me are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines soon is repeated).

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

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

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