This is an analysis of the poem A Watch In The Night that begins with:
Watchman, what of the night? -
Storm and thunder and rain, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabab accdXede affdaede aeegaaga ahhiaeXe accaacac ajjdakdk aaakackc aeebabbb aeelaele akkmaama annhaehe aaamakkk affcadcd abbXXiei aoolaklk adddaddd accXXkbmXajjkabkb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001 111011 111011 10010010 100100011 101001111 00101101 1001001 101001 11101001 1010001 1001001 1101011 111001 1001011 1101001 101001 111011 11111111 111111 101011 101101 1101101 1111101 111001 1011011 1001011 1111101 111101 1111101 1001011 1011101 101001 0101111 01101101 11011101 1111001 101101 111010 1001001 1001001 1000110 1011101 111101 1101011 1101011 1101101 11111001 101001 110111 10110101 1011101 1011011 1111101 101111101 1011101 111001 01101011 01001101 01101011 00111011 1111101 11101001 10111001 101001 0111101 1101101 111011001 1001001 1111111 101001101 1111001 101001 1101111 1111001 010010011 10100111 0010011101 1101101 1101101 111001 0101001 0101011 11010010 1111001 1111001 0010110010 1001111 101001 101001 111001 111001 1011011 1111111 1111001 1111001 101001 1001011 1111101 111000 0111001 11011111 011011001 1101001 101001 1011011 111001 1101101 1111011 11111100 1111011 11001011 11001 10010001 111111 10110110 0101101 111001 111011 110111 1001001 111001 1111011 101111 1101101 1011101 0111101 0111101 1001001 1101101 1110101 1011011 1010001101 1001011 1011111 1011101 101001 1010101 111101001 1001110 101111010 1101111 111001 1101100 1001001 1110111 1101011 110010101 101001 00101001 1001101 101011
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 152
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, of, we, weep, ask, not, i, night are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words mowed, the, ask, i, mine, a, night are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase night connects the lines.
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