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

After the fret and failure of this day,
And weariness of thought, O Mother Night,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdbdeaaeaafgfghchcbibibjbjbbj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001110001 1100011101 1011011101 1111010101 1100011101 10011101001 11111100001 1111010101 110101010101 1111110101 1101010101 0111011101 1100010111 01011100101 0111000101 01110111010 01010101001 101100101110 100101001001 0101100101 1001011111 1001010111 01001110001 1100011101 11110101011 00110100111 100010011111 1101011101 1101110111 1111010111 11100111101 01001010101 011101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1456
  • Average number of words per stanza: 259
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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