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

‘HELLO! that’s the whistle, be moving.
Wake up! don’t lie muttering there.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac dedefgfg hihijjjj khkhXeXe alalXcXc afafmnmn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011010010 11111001 110110010 01001111 111111010 11101101 110110010 111011011 111011010 01101001 11111010 11011011 110011011 01111101 011111111 01101011 1111101011 010001001 110110011 011101001 1010010010 11001101 111010010 11011011 11110010 01001101 010111110 11001111 011011110 11101011 111011010 11101001 111110110 11101101 011110110 11111101 0101110100 101001001 1101100100 11101101 111011010 01101101 111110110 11101101 111011010 01101101 010010110 11111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

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