This is an analysis of the poem Cleis that begins with:
Sleep, darling
I have a small...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc defXXe gbhcgeedfb Xadhc Xb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,10,5,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110 1101 101 110 1010 10 110 1110 1001 1010 111101 111010 110100 11111 11 1110 111100 101010 100111 001101 1101 01 1101001 10111 111110 10 110
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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