This is an analysis of the poem The Sleepers that begins with:
I WANDER all night in my vision,
Stepping with light feet, swiftly and noiselessly stepping and... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdec fd ggXXbhX iibbdX jhjj hXhj ihkj lmdf daXd m mnodn abdobXon ahna Xo hk iX pb bcn dc nan Xaba dnqb cia cmbhiX bo ddd mr iadd nedX dnsddah dgt ddmnkeXh um bh dbp dn hgiX aXdhXhlh bdqdiodX ppab bdphdo pbdpXmpbh innrpa flnX nlbma anr alhu
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,2,7,6,4,4,4,4,4,1,5,8,4,2,2,2,2,3,2,3,4,4,3,6,2,3,2,4,4,7,3,8,2,2,3,2,4,8,8,4,6,9,6,4,5,3,5,3,14,17,4,2,9,11,32,3,6,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110110110 100111011000101 10 10010110011010 1001011011101010100 101010110 110111111 11011010100110 0101001001100 1001010010011100 100 0110110100101110 1010100011010011 01001001 0101011001 01010110011100110 10011100110100 10 0101100111011 01110011101 10101001011001 011101111 0100110010010111 010010001111111 1010101111 0111110101 10111101011 01001010110111 100111001010111 11001010110110010 110 1111100011011000 010101111001 11101011001 0101010001 111011001111101010 100 11011011111001010 101 110111010010101 110101010 11011110101011 11010100011111 110100101110101011 1 01101011001111100 10111 111111110001 100111110111011 110111111110101 10111111101111 0111010010110111 101011 1011011010011010 11101001 1101001001001010 01001011010011001 11101011110101001 01000111001011010 11110101110011000 11010111001 1010101110 01111101101111011 1111011101011011100 11 111110111010110 11001100001 1011101110011101 10 11011011111 1111111001010 1111010010111100 0101001011011 11110111101111 110111101101 111110110101 1110111111111010 11101 111111111 111110111110010 110011111101111 0111 110101100101 11100011111110010 11111110101100 101 01101110110 11101110111011 10 01111011010010 11001111101101010 1101001 1011101110110 011111111111 0011101100100110 11100110111001111 10 001101010101101011 1101001010101101 011111101110101100 10 00111010011011100 11110 0101110100111100 10 010010010101111111 011 1101000101010101010 001 011111100011110 010111001001 1101101100101 1101101011111111 01 1111011001101 01100101001110010 0101 1011110 1010111111011 1 0101011000111101 1111111 0100100100100100001000 1111 10110101011 1111110111 01011001010101 010110100110111 0101011100101 1110110011111011 11110100111101 10 1101011010 11110011101111011 1100111001000101 01 00101111011100100 11 1001011001110 100101011110100 101010100 010111110010101 110101000001010010 001 11010001010100111 10 011111111001 11001001100101010 111 0100101111011 0110011001110010 1 11010011110010111 110100101 11111101101111110 010 01110101110100101 0111 0111110100111 101110010010111001 01110110110100 1 011110101011011001 11 110100110101010 11101000111111 101 0111010110 100111111001011001 11011011010010111 110 111101011100101 10 01111010010101000 1011101 111011010101 101110011101001 1010010010110010 10111011110101 11001111011110100100 1 1101110111110101 10100111110111 11111101 11010111011011111 1 111111101100111 1001110 1011110011011 100101111101100101 101 01001010011010011 1000111 111011010100 1011000011111 1110110000110010 11110110011011 1011010010101001 011101101111 1001001111001 0101011011 01000101010001011 10 0110010010100110 01110110 110101101101101101 1 0101001101011010 11010001001001001 010010101110111 011001010101010 010001101011 0101101111001 010110101 010011001001000 1111101001010 0101101101111 10001 001001010110100101 101010101111 0101011011011001 0100010011010 0100110010111110 1010100100100 0101100100111001 1 0100010000010011011 010001100101010001 1111101101101010 011111001010 11111100 100111010010100110 100 01011000101101 10111000101010111 1 0101010101 010111000011100110 1101011 010010001011100101 110001 011101001000101011 101100 01110101110101 101011 01011100 01010100101010001 110100011110001 01011010011011 0100101100111010 0101110100111 0101111101011011 01110101101101 1 0011011011111111 11111 010110100111100 111011001101011 11100 01010110011010101010100 1101 1110011011111111 01 0110011001100101 1101101101 01010111010010 1000110110100010 10001 01100101101100 10 01001100100110 10011 01010010101010010 01011 0100101001011010 01011 0101100100010110 1000110001 010110101110101 01001001010101 101 01000101110110110 110 1011001001010110 0111001010010010 010 110100000011010000 1101 111001 110101111101010111 1 111001011101 111011101110111 1101101111110001111 1 111111011111111011 111111111 101100100111100 101010111101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 58
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 319
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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, of, side, sleep, sleeps, that, i, they, me, who, o, laps, my, it, here, his, he, him, in, her, look'd, she, many, how, with, home, way, peace, waits, its, place, hand, to, you, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, the, i, he, o, pier, and, they, measureless are repeated.
The author used the same words the, i, it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines of, the, sleep, homestead, away, place, hand, with, you are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word sleep at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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