This is an analysis of the poem Andy The Night-Watch that begins with:

In my Spanish cloak,
And old slouch hat,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbXcccXXXXddXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101 1111 110001 111101 11101001 1101001110 0101101 1011111 101001010 0010001 101010111 10111101 1011101 11010010110 1101011 11111111 111111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 565
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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