This is an analysis of the poem The Sunset Stopped On Cottages that begins with:

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The Sunset stopped on Cottages... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X AXXX AXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01111100 111110 11010011 1100100 01111100 1101100 110010111 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Sunset Stopped On Cottages;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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