This is an analysis of the poem Rime 104 that begins with:

O night to me more splendid and more blessed
Than the most blessed and most splendid of days, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba caac dXedee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110111 1011111001 1100010101 1101010101 1011001010 0111110101 0011111111 01110111110 1101110101 10100011101 01011100010 1111011011 0111110111 10010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, most, of, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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