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

Harry, you know at night
The larks in Castle Alley...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabaXabaaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101111 0101010 100101 1000101 00110101010 101101 111101 1101010 011101 011111 01110101010 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 171
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.

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

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