This is an analysis of the poem Night And The Soul that begins with:

I went to bed with Shakespeare's flowing numbers
Within me chiming,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXX abab baba cdcd efef aaaa ghghXghgh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010111010 01110 11110011010 1100010 100101101111 1101 01010101111 110001 0111010101 0111 1101001111 11001001 1100010101 1101 1111011111 010101 11010111010 10011 11010101010 110111 1101100101 1101 1101000101 110101 11010101111 1111 1101011001 110101 01010101010 1111 111110111010 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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  • summary of Night And The Soul;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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