This is an analysis of the poem A Story At Dusk that begins with:
An evening all aglow with summer light
And autumn colour—fairest of the year.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cdXebfgXfeaccfahijklgfjmnkcXdfofpgXofemXf qfff cffXfbgdffefdfdjaX drffXffcdlcasecriadcepbe sbfkrfacrad kdffkfacqboimcbck dffeaefdahca crfca fthdqrbceadrhn usaeaqkfacfffbXhaacXnafrfXdfqseh qcfcrfvfcabefhkuavfhffbdcbagcedcakiwaXajhanafik rd fcfkaoefflcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,41,4,18,24,11,17,12,5,14,32,47,2,44,47,4,40,37,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 881
- Average number of words per stanza: 158
- Amount of lines: 400
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and, of, death, we, eyes, he, so, on, how, to, in, i, well, parting, as, one, her, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, and, dark, that, this are repeated.
The author used the same words the, on, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines days, eyes, heard are repeated).
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