This is an analysis of the poem At Even that begins with:
Hush ye! Hush ye! My babe is sleeping.
Hush, ye winds, that are full of sorrow! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cacaXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111010 111111010 111011010 111001010 111000010 101001010 110001010 111101010 111101110 101001010 111011010 111111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; hush, ye, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word hush is repeated.
The author used the same word hush at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word sleeping at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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