This is an analysis of the poem Midnight Mood that begins with:

There's one upon whose youthful breast I fain
would die : ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdcaXXeXfbcedbghgidadhdXXjdhkXhhXkhjiglgfjkiXmemaibffakaffablila
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 67,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101110111 11 11010100111 11 010111111 1001 0111011101 01 11110101110 10 1101010000101 0101001011 111 01010111001 110 111111010101 110101110101 10 110101011101 1 111101011011 1 01110010111 01 0111010111 1 1111010011 100 01110111010 1 111101111 111 11010110111 01 110101010101 11010111010 1 11110101111 1 01010101111 10 1100100101111 10 1101110101 11 11011001111 1 110100010111 10 11011111101 10 10011101010 1 11111110010 1 1111011111 01 1101010111 01 111111010101 1101010111 11 11011001011 1 11111011111 1 011101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2020
  • Average number of words per stanza: 363
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, my, that, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Midnight Mood;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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