This is an analysis of the poem Sleep On! that begins with:
Fear no unlicensed entry,
Heed no bombastic talk,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcccXcdcD XececXcXcdcD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 110101 1101010 111101 1101010 010101 1101010 11011010 1111010 110101 1101010 010101 1101100 010101 1101010 011111 1101010 0111001 0101010 110001 1101010 010001 1101010 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 Sleep On!;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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