This is an analysis of the poem Night that begins with:
The night proceeds and dwindling
Prepares the day's rebirth....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acXc ddXd Xefe agdg dhdh Xdii ciai hded Xihi fjXj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011100 010101 1100010 010101 1111010 010101 1101011 010101 0111110 110101 1111010 111101 0110011 110101 0101010 011001 1101010 110001 1011010 010101 0100010 110101 0101010 010111 1101011 010101 1101010 010101 1100110 110101 01110010 111111 1101010 1001001 0100010 010101 11110100 111111 1101010 110101 1111010 011001 1000110 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, through, he are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Night;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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