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

OH ! soothing hour, when glowing day,
Low in the western wave declines, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXXbbbbcccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101 10010101 11010101 11010101 110101010 10010111 1101001010 11000101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01110101 01111111 110111010 11010101 110111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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