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

1.
Love, thou hast wandered far and wide,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abab X cdcd X efef X dgdg X fhfh X ecec X ifif X afaf X gbgb X caca X ejej X kbkb X bhbh X kfkf X jljl X ifif X fmfm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11110111 1111001 11110111 111101 1 11111101 110101 01010101 011101 1 01010111 011101 11111111 110111 1 01110111 010101 11011101 111111 1 11011111 111111 11011101 111101 1 11111101 110111 110100011 111101 1 10110101 110101 11001111 111111 1 11001101 110101 01111101 110111 1 11111011 111111 111100001 010010 1 100101101 011111 11110101 111111 1 11111101 111111 11110111 010101 1 11001101 111011 11101101 111101 1 110011101 110101 11110101 111111 1 01011111 011101 10110111 001101 1 01110101 011101 01011111 111101 1 100010101 101101 01110111 111101 1 111100111 110111 11011111 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 34
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; thy, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Good Night;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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