This is an analysis of the poem Insomnia that begins with:
Heigh ho! to sleep I vainly try;
Since twelve I haven't closed an eye,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabaX cccdXX bbbddd Xde ffgggghhccddiibbii ffccjjii XiXheheeeeeiaiaee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,3,18,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 11110111 11011111 01010110 01010101 101011101110 11110111 01110111 10110101 11010111 111100110 1101111110 11010101 11010100 11001111 11011101 01000101 01011111 1000010111101101 0101011010001101 01111000001 11011001 01010101 01010101 01010101 11110101 11110001 01000101 01010111 11010101 11110101 010101001 11010100 11010101 01010101 11010101 11011111 11110111 11010101 11010001 01010101 11011101 11110111 11110101 01110101 11110111 11010001 1110111101010 10011101 01110101 11011101 11110101 00010101 01111100 01110101 11011101 111101011 11011101 01010101 110001001 01010001 01100001 01010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 282
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, to, and, my, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, and, the, a are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word moon at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Insomnia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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