This is an analysis of the poem Of Love And Sleep that begins with:

I SAW Sleep stand by an enchanted wood,
Thick lashes drooping o'er her heavy eyes :... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaa acacdd dcdcee fdfdgg hdhdbb aaaaii jkjkdd jdjdXe fdfdcc lalahh lalagg egXgcc lalamm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111110101 11010100101 100101010111 0111010101 11010100111 1111100101 0101011101 1011010101 11111101001 0111000101 1001011111 01010111101 1001011101 11011001001 1011101001 010011100001 1101111111 0101010101 0011010111 1101000101 0111010101 1011100101 0101111101 01010101011 1111011101 01010011101 1111011111 0111011110 1011010101 1111010101 1101011101 1011010101 1001110101 01011101001 1101010111 0101000101 1101111111 01010010111 11110010111 1101011011 11011100101 0110110101 1111010101 1111001001 10101010101 1101011101 1001011100 11011001001 1111110111 1011011101 1111110111 0100101110 1101011101 11010101101 1101011111 1001011101 1111010101 10110101001 1011010111 0101000101 1101011101 110011100101 11110010101 1111011101 1011111111 1100110101 1111110101 1011111101 100101010 1110001101 1101111001 1011110101 1101011111 11001011111 111010110011 1101010001 11110101001 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 277
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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