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

With the ghostly shapes of dead heroes
Moon, you fill ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcaaaXbXcXddcbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010110 111 010100010 101 0010010 010 10101010 10101001 0110111 01010 100101010 11110 011001 10111 1111011100111000111101 1010001010 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 463
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; s is repeated.

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

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