This is an analysis of the poem To ________ #6 that begins with:

The brilliant west is glowing,
With sunset's farewell ray;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac acac abab adad cbcb efef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 010111 0101110 100101 0111110 1111110 0101110 0101110 0101010 010011 1101010 0101011 11101110 011101 1111010 1101111 00111010 1110101 001011010 1110101 11111010 00101101 101101010 00100111 1011110010 0110101 010111110 111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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; that is repeated.

    The author used the same words the, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of To ________ #6;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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