This is an analysis of the poem The Night that begins with:

Through that pure virgin shrine,
That sacred veil drawn o'er Thy glorious noon,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cdcdaa efefcX gagahh bibijj bkbkll dbXbee afaebbXcecejj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111101 110111011001 1111111101 1101 11000111 11110111 110101 1011010111 1101010111 1111 11110101 01111001 110111 11111111010 1101010101 11010 01110101 01000100 110101 1111010111 1011010111 1101 11110111 11010101 110101 0101011111 0101011101 1101 1111011 0100111011 110101 1111010111 0111001101 0111 01010111 11011101 0111101 1110010111 1111110111 0101 110101011 11110101 110101 11111111110 0111010111 010010 11011101 11111111 100111 01110010111 1001110011 1111 11111101 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, and, his, all are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, no, the, his are repeated.

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  • summary of The Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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