This is an analysis of the poem Trysting Time that begins with:

I
A pretty girl at time o' gloaming...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdbcd X XedXed X fafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010111110 110101110 010101 110111010 110111110 1111 1 101101100 111101010 010101 101101110 0101011110 1101 1 1110001010 01011101 110101010 00111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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

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