This is an analysis of the poem The Night-Walk that begins with:

Awakes for me and leaps from shroud
All radiantly the moon's own night... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXb Xcdcdedefdfdebebgagahbhbijijklkl bgbgbdbdfbfXebebebebbgbgXghghiihg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,32,33,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111101 11000111 010100101 11110111 110111010 01110101 110101000 01111101 11010001 01010101 11011101 01010101 11010111 11011111 10111111 01001101 01111101 11010101 01010101 01111101 11010001 11010101 01010101 01110001 01011111 11010101 10010101 110010111 11111101 11110101 11101101 01010101 01010101 11111111 01101111 01011101 10010101 1001101 01010101 11001111 11110101 01110101 01010101 01010101 01010101 01110110 11110111 01010101 010100001 0100101100 11110111 01111111 10101111 0101000101 010100001 11010001 1101000011 010010101 11010001 11010101 01010101 11011111 01011011 11110101 01010101 11010111 110101010 100101010 11010101 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Night-Walk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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