This is an analysis of the poem Good Night that begins with:

Many ways to say good night.
Fireworks at a pier on the Fourth of July ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXaXa X XXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 11101101001 100111101 11001101011 101001000111 1111 11111100111100110 111010010101001011101110001011 00100101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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