This is an analysis of the poem Before Sleep Comes that begins with:
Where do you float from, visions that shine ere sleep
Subdues with leaden law... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xded XfXf dfff ggeg faca fhhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11110101111 100101 01010001001001 101001011 11100110010 1001101 10110001001001 10100101 1101111001101 110101 110101001101 010101 1110100100101 1010101 110100101001 110111 110110100101 1010101 001011110111 0011111 111011101001 10110101 01011101111 110111 11111100101 1101111 11011101111 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Before Sleep Comes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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