This is an analysis of the poem When Night Is Almost Done that begins with:

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When Night is almost done—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXX XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011100 111111 11110100 0101010 11010100 110111 111000100 110000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of When Night Is Almost Done;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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