This is an analysis of the poem Watching Unto God In The Night Season (3) that begins with:

Night! how I love thy silent shades,
My spirits they compose;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa abaX cdcd dede cfXf cbcb gbgb dhdh bibi jcjc dkdk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 110101 010101101 010111 11100101 01001001 11010111 011000 11110101 100001 010011101 010011 11010101 110101 010010010 110011 01010111 1111001 01110101 111001 10010101 110111 11010001 111101 11111111 1100011 01110111 111101 110001001 1111010 11010101 01010010 011101001 110011 11110111 111101 11010111 000101 11010010 111101 11010101 101101 110010111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; my, his, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Watching Unto God In The Night Season (3);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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