Oh, Night! by Annette Von Droste-Hulshoff: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Oh, Night! that begins with:

Oh night, you canopy of embroidered gold!
Oh moon, you lamp of silver!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac Xcac aabXXX dbXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110000101 1111010 1110101 111111 111100 010101 101101010 00101001 11101 010101 10111010 10101 111010101 010101 11011010 000100010 0110101 101101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • 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; you is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word all at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Oh, Night!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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