This is an analysis of the poem Twilights, V that begins with:

Now the great wheel of darkness and low clouds
Whirs and whirls in the heavens with dipping rim;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdeaXXXddcbfXaaXXcXaeXffbeXgXgfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011010111 11100100101 01011101001 10011100101 1111111101 1101110101 0011010101 0111100101 1111011011 0111011101 1011001001 01011101001 110100101110 11010110010 100010111010 1101011101 1100100111110 11010100100 01110101010 11111101011 0101011101 111111010111 11011101010 0101010101 111101101010 1011011110 100001010010 1111110101 11110100101 011000010100 1110011111 10010111011 1001011001 11010011010 1011000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1640
  • Average number of words per stanza: 288
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; of, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word under is repeated.

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  • summary of Twilights, V;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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