This is an analysis of the poem Twilight that begins with:
When a heavy surf is droning
In the twilight on the bar; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a ba b ac ac d ed e af Xf X gX g fbXb dh dh aiXai
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,2,1,4,2,2,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 0011101 11101010 0110101 10111110 0110101 10101010 1010101 10100010 0010111 11101010 1010101 11100110 1110011 10111110 1110101 11101010 1011001 1110101 0010101 100101010 1010101 00101100 1011101 11111010 0011101 10101010 1010011 00111010 1110101 00111010 1011011
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 56
- Average number of words per stanza: 10
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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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- summary of Twilight;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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