This is an analysis of the poem Oh night that begins with:
By the wide anxiety of the dawn
revealed masts. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab X cd Xb ed eX dX c caXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100001 011 101000 1101 1110001 10 10010 11 010010111 11001 11 111101 10011010 10110001010 1010100 1010010 11
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 38
- Average number of words per stanza: 6
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Oh night;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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