This is an analysis of the poem We Leave To-Night that begins with:

WE leave to-night . . .
Silent, we filled the still, deserted street, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababab cdcdX aeaeXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1101 1011010101 010011 1111010101 010101 01001110001 110111 1111010101 110101 1001011111 111101 1100 110101 0111010101 01011101001 0100010101 1001010010 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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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