This is an analysis of the poem Evening Song that begins with:

Evening Song
At evening, when we walk on dark trails,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X ab XcX Xa ba aXX XX c X XX XXX XX XX XXc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,3,2,2,3,2,1,1,2,3,2,2,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 110111111 11101011 10 11001110 010011011 10110101000 0010101 0111010111 101101 1111101 111101011 01101 111101010101 1010100111011 01011010 100 11011110101 100101010011 111 101111011 11110010010 100101101000 11111 101011101 11110101 1111011 101110101 10110 1110101110 1001011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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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  • summary of Evening Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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