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

LISTEN a while, the moon is a lovely woman, a lonely woman, lost in a silver dress, lost in a circus rider's silver dress.
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101001010010101001011001010101 10010111001010010101001011101111011100111 1101101110011011011010100101000101001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 466
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 92 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 18
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; woman, in are repeated.

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

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