This is an analysis of the poem The Sleepers that begins with:
As a swallow that sits on the roof,
I gaze on the world aloof;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff gg ff ff ee ff hh iX ee jj ee kk ii ll cc ii ll mm nn oo dd kk mf ee dd Xb ff nnXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011101 1110101 001011110 1101010 0111010 0101010 1111011001 01011111 01111101 01011101 1101001011 10011001 100001010 10100110 111100101 111110101 010100101 101010101 01110101 11010001 1010010101 01011101 111101001 0111101 0100101001 01110110 010011101 110100111 010100111 1010100101 110100111 010110111 11111111 1100101001 111101101 1110010111 010101111 11101101 01110111 1101001001 1110100101 1101111101 1101100101 1110100111 11011101 110110101 11111101 11111111 0011111111 10010111 111101111 011010101 11011111 011010111 111110101 010011101 01110101 010010101 11110101 0010101001 1100101010 1100111010 10110101 010100101 1111101011 1111011 11101101 111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 34
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 68
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; i, your, you, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word feed is repeated.
The author used the same words a, o, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Sleepers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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