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

Cruel? I think there never was a cheating
More cruel, thro' all the weary days than this!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac Xdad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101010 11011010110 00111111010 1101000101 11111101010 1001110101 11110100110 1111010111 11111101010 1101110101 11010111010 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 is repeated.

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

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  • summary of In The Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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