This is an analysis of the poem The Songs Of Night that begins with:

The moon swings low in the sky above,
And the twinkling stars shine bright,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaBcdcd cBcbecec fdfdfgfg hbhbcbcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011100101 10100111 1010100101 1100101 1100101011 10110101 010111101 1101111 0011111101 1100101 0010101101 10101101 1100100101 10101111 1010010101 0110111 1011110101 1011101 1010110101 01001011 1100100101 10100101 1101110111 1100101 1100110101 1110101 1100101101 0110101 1010011101 0101101 010010101 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

  • summary of The Songs Of Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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