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

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We met, hand to hand,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbcc bdbdd acacc X aeaaea afaafa aeaXea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,1,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11101 111111 11111101 1001 11111111 11101 110101 11010011 1011 110101011 011111 011101 111100101 1111 1101110101 1 1110010110 11110 0111010111 110101 11010 1111111111 0111111111 11010 10101111111 110101 11110 10111111011 1101111101 01010 1101110111 111101 01110 01011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, days, and, day are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we, if, o, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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