This is an analysis of the poem Midnight that begins with:
1.
The night is clear and still. The moon rides high.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab X cdcd X efef X gege X bhbh X fcfc X ifif X gjgj X ahah X kiki X eie i X idid X jaja X fjfj X eheh X hlhl Xdbdb X jdjd X hfhf X mnmn XXhaha
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,3,1,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,5,1,4,1,4,1,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 0101110111 0111010111 01011001001 010101 1 1101010101 01010110111 1011010101 010111 1 10110101001 11001010111 11001010101 1100101 1 01001010101 01001010101 0101011111 1111001 1 1111111101 1011110101 0101110101 101101 1 1011011111 1011010111 1111010101 010111 1 1111111101 1111011101 1101011101 111101 1 1101010101 0101111111 0101110101 111101 1 1111111101 1011011101 0101001101 111111 1 1101111101 01010111001 0101011101 111101 1 11010000101 1111101101 1101110101 110111 1 1101110101 0101011111 1101111111 111111 1 1111111111 0111110111 1101110101 111101 1 1110110111 1101110111 1111010101 011101 1 1101010111 1111110111 01010010011 010101 1 01011101011 0101011101 0101010111 110111 1 1111001101 1111111101 1111010101 010111 1 1111110101 0111110101 0101001101 111111 1 1111011101 1101110111 1111000111 101101 1 1111010101 11001010101 1111010111 010111 1 1111011101 1111011101 0111001111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 42
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 124
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; while, to, and, i, my, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, how, though, brothers, while, when, my, some, to are repeated.
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- summary of Midnight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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