This is an analysis of the poem Sunday Night In Santa Rosa that begins with:

The carnival is over. The high tents,
the palaces of light, are folded flat...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaaccXbddbeea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0100010011 0100011101 1101011101 010101011 1101010111 0101010101 01001011111 0101010101 111010101 0111010101 1001010101 01010101110 1011001010 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 569
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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