This is an analysis of the poem Nightfall In The Fens that begins with:

1.
One hour ago the red- hot sun below the bright horizon sank.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aab X cde X ccX X ffd X gge X ddh X iid X hhb X bbj X ccd X kkg X iia X iik X llX X hhb X ccl X ddi X bbc X bbX X ccb X kkj XXjjh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 11001011101010101 0111010111010101 0100010111010101 1 01010010101010101 1001011111010101 1111011111010111 1 1101010101010101 1101110111011101 0101000101011001 1 0101011101000111 010010001010010111 0101011101011101 1 1111010011010101 0101011011110101 1111001101011101 1 10101101001100111 10111101010100101 11001110111010111 1 01101010111011101 01010111111001001 0101010111100101 1 0101010111000111 1101010101110101 1001111110111101 1 1101010111111111 1101011111010101 1101010101000101 1 1100010111110001 1101010111100111 1101010110110100 1 0101011101110111 0111011111011101 1101011111111101 1 0111000111010111 0101000111010101 1101110101011111 1 11110111010011101 1101110101110111 0110010111110111 1 1101110111011111 1101011101010101 1101010101010001 1 1001011111010101 1001110101011111 11010011110011001 1 1101011101011101 01001010101110101 1100010101011101 1 0111110111001101 01110100101110001 0101010101011101 1 1101010101011101 1100010111111101 01011101110100101 1 01001010100110111 11100100111111100 1101011101110101 1 1111011111110111 1111011111010001 1101111101101101 1 110100110010010111 1111010111111101 1011011111111111 1 01001001110010101 1101101101111111 1001010101100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 45
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 109
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, of, we, all, like, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, , no, only, they, like are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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