This is an analysis of the poem Twilight Music that begins with:

Know you the low pervading breeze
That softly sings ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaabbaXbcaddceeffagghhaiajjiaajkkXXeXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 41,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 1101 0010010111 1001010101 11111101 010100101 00101110101 0111001 11001 1100 0101010111 11110111 010001101 10010101 1101 1101010101 10010010 001010 110010101 110100111 11011101 1101 1101 1010111 10110011 010001 1001010011 1101110001 0111 110101 10101101 0100010111 10010011001 1001001101 11100010001 0101000111 1111010101 1101000100 11001000110 0101000101 1001010100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1442
  • Average number of words per stanza: 253
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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; and, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, still, dies are repeated.

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  • summary of Twilight Music;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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