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

In summer's mellow midnight,
A cloudless moon shone through... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cdXd cefe gXhX giXi gbhX ejfj icac cXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011 010111 1101010 111101 1101010 011111 011101100 110111 1101010 011101 1101010 110110 1110110 110101 11110010 100101 1111010 110101 1111010 1100111 1001010 011011 1111010 011101 01001111 011101 11001110 111110 1111011 111111 11110101 110111 1111010 0101101 1111110 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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