This is an analysis of the poem Twilight By The Cabin that begins with:

DUSK, a pearl-grey river, o’er
Hill and vale puts out the day— ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc dede cfcf ghgh aiai jkjkXfkfk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1111101 11110110 0010101 1011101 1110110 1011101 1010111 10101010 1010101 10101010 1010111 0010111 1011101 1100101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 10101001 1010111 10100101 10101001 1110100 1011101 1010101 1011101 1011001 1011111 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.

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