This is an analysis of the poem Grey Nights that begins with:

A while we wandered (thus it is I dream!)
Through a long, sandy track of No Man's Land,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba bcbcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111010011 1011010111 1101010101 0111010101 11010000011 1101111101 1000110101 10110011001 11010010101 1101010111 11110110110 1111001101 11100111010 1001111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Grey Nights;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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