This is an analysis of the poem The Nap Taker that begins with:
No - I did not take a nap -
The nap - took - me...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdde fXXXdaga XcedehXh iajXdbeX fjeXXkdk iejdgdXd jcacbceX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 0111 10111010 10101 0011101 110101 11110101 111111 11111011 110101 010101110 100111 1110011 011101 111111110 110111 1111010 111010 11100111 010111 01010111 010111 01010100 11011 11010111 110111 11010101 011101 01011101 110110 11010111 111111 10111111 111101 10110101 111101 110101101 1011110 11111101 1111010 11111111 111101 110111011 111111 11110101 110101 1111110 0011111 11111101 111101 11010111 110100 11010101 011101 11010101 110110
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 56
- 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; you, i, your are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words 'i, last are repeated.
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