This is an analysis of the poem The Dark One Came Stealthily Last Night that begins with:
The dark one came stealthily last night
Playing the enchanting 'raga bhairav' on flute,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AABA accA dXdAAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 011110011 100010101011 10101 011110011 11110010101111 1111110001 110010110 011110011 111100010101001 1010010101 10011101 011110011 100010101011 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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