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

Hark how the tremulous night-wind is passing in joy-laden sighs;
Soft through my window it comes, like the fanning of pinions angelic, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXa bcbc dede dfdf Xbeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001101001101 11110011010010110 10001011111101001 11011011010100010 1101101111101011 11011011010010010 10010001001001001 10010010010100010 1001000111001001 111101111000101010 1001001001111011 11010011110010110 1101001001011011 10110010110010010 1011000101111011 11111010010011010 1011111101001001 11111111111110010 1001101101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 283
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 74 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words out, oh are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases glowing, dying connect the lines.

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

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