This is an analysis of the poem Fi-Fi In Bed that begins with:

Up into the sky I stare;
All the little stars I see;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000111 1010111 1111101 1110110 1111111 1110101 1111101 1111111 1110101 1100111 1111101 101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

  • summary of Fi-Fi In Bed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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