This is an analysis of the poem Hermotimus that begins with:
I.
'Wilt not lay thee down in quiet slumber?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcccX X dedeccX X fgfgaaX X chXhccX a bcbceehiX a dadajjX X bcbcikc X fgfghhg X dadallX k mlmleel a egegcXg X ngngooX X dpdpggp X ehehaaX X hahaccX X hehellX X jajallX X XqcqaaX X dhdhccX X rbrbiiX X bgbghhX X epepgbp XXfafaiia
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,9,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,1,7,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1111101010 101111111 1011101010 111011011 11101 10111 111010111 1 1011111010 111110111 1110101010 101011101 10101 11011 0111101110 1 1010101010 101010111 1110101110 111011011 10001 11111 100111100 1 1110111110 111010011 1010111110 111011101 00111 11111 111011101 1 1000111010 1001011101 1001101110 101010101 10011 11101 1 0 1011101 1 1010001110 101010001 1010111010 1000110111 11111 100101 101011100 1 1111101110 101111101 1011111110 100110001 10110 10101 111110101 1 1010101010 1010110111 1010111010 101010111 10101 10101 101101001 1 10010101010 101110111 1010101010 101011101 11101 11111 101011110 1 1110101011 100010101 1110101011 111010101 11101 101001 111010101 1 1011101010 101010001 1011101010 100010101 11111 10101 001010101 1 1011111110 001001101 1110111010 110011001 10101 10111 101010101 1 1010101010 101011001 1010111010 111010101 10111 10101 101010101 1 1010101010 111110101 1111111010 101110111 11101 10101 11101111110 1 1000101010 101110101 1110101010 101010010 10111 101001 011010101 1 1110101010 111010101 1010101110 101111001 10111 11101 101110101 1 1110101010 101010101 10100111010 101010101 11111 01101 011101000 1 1101010110 101010111 1010101110 111101101 11111 10101 1111111010 1 1111001010 1110100101 1010101010 111010101 11111 00011 1110111110 1 1110100010 1110011010 100011010 1110100110 11111 10111 1110100010 1 1110111010 101010001 1110111110 111011101 10111 10001 10111011 1 11101100010 101010101 1100101010 111010111 00111 101010 101010001 1 1111101010 111110101 111101110 101011101 10101 10101 101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 46
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 208
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, me, of, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words warmly, and, all, still, not are repeated.
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- summary of Hermotimus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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