This is an analysis of the poem The Horseman In The Night that begins with:

IN the hedgerow, in the hollow, between the brown hills,
When all with dark and shadows the silent valley fills,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eXff eeffXffee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 00100001001011 1101111010101 111111001011101 1101010111111 101111100110101 101111100110101 1110100110011111 01101011110111 1111110010101 1110010101110111 1011010111101 1011010111101 1111011110011 1011001001010100 110111110100111 110100101010110 1001011100111 1101101011100111 1011011101101 101100100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, of, i are repeated.

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

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