This is an analysis of the poem Being Brave At Night that begins with:

The other night 'bout two o'clock, or maybe it was three,
An elephant with shining tusks came chasing after me....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aacccc ddXacc eeXdXdcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01011101110011 11000101110101 01110001110101 11110111111101 11111111010111 11010111110101 11110101110001 11111101111101 1111010011100111 11011111110001 11111111111101 01011101110101 11101011100111 11111101110011 11110101110110 11011101111101 11111011111101 01111101110101 11011100110101 10101101110011 11110101 111111 11011101 110111 11110111011101 11010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
  • Average number of words per stanza: 74
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, an', to, they are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word dad at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Being Brave At Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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