This is an analysis of the poem Day And Night that begins with:

NIGHT, ambushed in the darkling wood,
Waited to seize the sleeping field, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabab cdcdcece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11100101 10010101 01000111 10110101 11011111 10011100 01010101 11110111 11111101 01011100 01110101 11100100 11110111 11111111 11011101 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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