This is an analysis of the poem In The Night that begins with:
As to her child a mother calls,
'Come to me, child; come near!'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXab XbXb cdcd dcdc aef ef ghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,3,2,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 101111 10010100 010111 11111100 011111 11111100 110011 01110101 110111 11110111 111111 10110111 011101 11101111 111111 110 11101 110111 01111101 111110 11110111 110101 01010110 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; he, i, thou are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of In The Night;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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