This is an analysis of the poem In The Evening that begins with:
It wouldn't have lasted long anyway
years of experience make that clear....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbX cXdbd aXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101101101 000100111 1101110001010 0111011001 111010 1001001110 11011110 1100110010 1100111101 100010001111 11101001 101011010110 11111100100 11011111110 10001011 01010001001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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; it is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, an are repeated.
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