This is an analysis of the poem When The Sleepy Man Comes that begins with:
When the Sleepy Man comes with the dust on his eyes,
(Oh, weary, my Dearie, so weary!)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaX cBcX cBcX aBaX cBcX bBbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011001101 11011110 11101111001 11011011 11101011101 11011110 01111111111 11011011 11001001011 11011110 1010010101111 11011011 11001001001 11011110 11001111001 11011011 101001001001 11011110 11101011011 11011011 111010010110 11011110 010110110010 11011011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; weary, he are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word dearie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of When The Sleepy Man Comes;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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