This is an analysis of the poem I Will Sing You One-O that begins with:

It was long I lay
Awake that night...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccabddabbcccaefgcef geceXhihfjXjffXkkiiceeeXifiikifiXkgigeklelimkecmXekcckkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,57,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111 0111 1011 11010 11110 0101 1111 1111 0111 00101 1111 1111 11010 110010 01110 1111 1101 1101 00101 110010 0101 0101 1111 01010 01010 11110 010110 11010 11001 11110 1111 0101 1110 1101 1111 1101 10101 0111 11001 1111 1011 1100 11010 1101 110010 01011 01010 1111 001010 01110 1010 01110 0101 01010 1101 0111 11101 0111 1101 0111 1001 0111 1011 1111 01010 01110 01110 0111 111010 01010 00010 0111 00101 11010 01110 00010 1101 0111 11010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 775
  • Average number of words per stanza: 145
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I Will Sing You One-O;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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