This is an analysis of the poem Sailor's Sweetheart that begins with:
He sleeps beside me in the bed;
Upon my breast I hold his head;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaab aaab cccb dddb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011001 01111101 11111101 1110010 11111011 11011101 11010101 1110010 11011011 11110101 11010001 1110010 01011101 010101001 01010101 1110010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 Sailor's Sweetheart;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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