This is an analysis of the poem The Evening Quatrains that begins with:

THE Day's grown old, the fainting Sun
Has but a little way to run, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcccddcceefXggggggXXccaaffccXXbXbbcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 11010101 11010101 110100101 01111110 11110101 01011101 110100001 01111111 11011101 11110101 01010100 01010101 11011011 101101000 01010100 11010001 11010101 10 11010111 11110111 11011111 1100010 110 01111101 10110101 01010110 11011001 011101111 110011101 01100101 11111101 01110101 01010100 111101011 01010001 01111101 11010111 11110111 00110111 11010001 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1528
  • Average number of words per stanza: 273
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Evening Quatrains;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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