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

The skylarks are far behind that sang over the down;
I can hear no more those suburb nightingales;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab cdcd ebeb fefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0111101111001 111111101000 1011010010001 010101110101 1010100010101 1100001011100 110101001101 0100110111101 01110111101 100101100101 0101010101111 1111011111101 100101100101 111101111001 101110110101 100111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

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