This is an analysis of the poem Daydreaming In The Evening that begins with:

Where one goes in the evening is not the angel's shadow
And beauty! grief and gentler forgetting alternate;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a X X X X b X c a d c X X X c X X dXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100100101011 1101110010100 01011101100 10101011010100 010010011110 0100001010100100 0010010111 110111101001 01010001101011110 10110111101 100101010001001010 110010101 11010010010100 11111001111 001001111011 111101010 1011000000101 101011101010 1110110101 01010110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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 is repeated.

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  • summary of Daydreaming In The Evening;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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