This is an analysis of the poem The Sleepers that begins with:
No map traces the street
Where those two sleepers are....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXab cdXdcd efefXf ghghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 111101 111100 11101010 0010101 011001 1000101 10101 100111 0110101 110101 110101 0110111 111101 111101 0110101 011101 111011 100111 110111 1111101 111100 111111 000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sleepers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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