This is an analysis of the poem Two O'Clock that begins with:

Night after night goes by: and clocks still chime
And stars are changing pattrns in the dark ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ceceff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101111111 111101001 1101110101 1001010111 0111110001 0101111101 1101010101 1101010101 1111110111 1101010101 0100010111 0111011111 1001011101 101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 words and, the, a are repeated.

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