This is an analysis of the poem A Southern Lullaby that begins with:
Little honey baby, shet yo' eyes up tight;--
(Shadow-man is comin' from de moon!)--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ABaB cdcd efef dddd agag bdbdXABaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011111 111010001 1111100101111 111111101 10101011101 101110101 1111100110100 111111101 10101011101 101100101 111111011101 111001000 10101011111 101110001 1011011110101 101010111 10101011101 111010111 1100101010111 111011101 10101010111 11011011 0110111010101 101110101 10101011111 111010001 1111100101111 111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; yo', rocky are repeated.
The author used the same word little at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Southern Lullaby;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
