This is an analysis of the poem Nuit Blanche that begins with:

I want no horns to rouse me up to-night,
And trumpets make too clamorous a ring ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab ccXc dada efef ghghXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011101 1101110001 0111001101 1111110101 0101010111 1111010100 0101111110 1011011100 1011000111 0111011101 0101010101 10010100111 1001110111 0111010101 0101100101 1011010101 0101110101 10010111111 1101111111 11111111 101110001 111111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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