This is an analysis of the poem Nightfall In Hungary that begins with:
As when the sun in darkness sets,
And night falls on the earth,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cddd cedX adfd ghbh iebe jklk edld gXhi iibi dmbm ajij bmhm XlXl cege mnan dlil dbdb cjdjXfmdm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 111101 01010101 0101011 11010100 110101 010111001 011101 01010100 1100101 11010011 01001010 010110100 011101 11010111 101001 11100101 111001 10110111 010111 111101001 010111 10011101 110101 11100111 011101 11111101 101101 01111101 111101 11010101 011111 11010101 0101110 110100101 010111 110010101 010001 10110101 0111001 110101011 0101001 11110101 00100101 100101001 010001 100100101 010101 01011111 0101011 11011101 010101 010100101 010101 01111100 010101 11110100 1100101 110011111 10011 11110101 111111 110111001 111101 11010101 111101 110010111 11111 11010101 110111 11010100 111101 01010100 010011 111101010 110001 110101001 101111 11010101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words the, thy, what, rest at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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