This is an analysis of the poem Twilight In The North that begins with:

O THE long northern twilight between the day and the night,
When the heat and the weariness of the world are ended quite: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba ccXc ddbd aaaa eeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 10110110101101 101101000011101 10111111010101 1110010101101101 10110111010111 1010100111110101 11111010011101 1011111100100101 1011011110011 101010101110111 110111010101 11101101010001 1011111010101 1011110011010101 101111110111001 11111111011010001 10110111010101 1011100111010111 0011011110001 001101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and, in are repeated.

    The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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