This is an analysis of the poem Night Hymns On Lake Nipigon that begins with:
Here in the midnight, where the dark mainland and island
Shadows mingle in shadow deeper, profounder,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc Xcad befc edeX dedX cXXf eXac bdbc bfbd XbXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001110111110 111001110100 1101001010110 10011 10010011010010 110101101010 1010010010011 11110 1101111001010 1001001011110 1001001111010 10010 110101010010 10101110010 100110010010 10010 110101001011 1101011010010 1001010110110 10100 1101010110010 1010010001010 11100011010 11110 1001010010010 100101001010 1001101111110 10010 1110101010010 100111101010 100100010010010 010010 111010010010 100111110010 100101011110 10010 111010111010 100101001010 100111011100 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; in, and, her, them are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word back is repeated.
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