This is an analysis of the poem Goodnight that begins with:
Goodnight; ensured release,
Imperishable peace,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccb ddceec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 10001 1111 110111 110101 11001 110101 111111 1101 101101 001101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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