This is an analysis of the poem One Evening that begins with:

An eagle descends from this sky white with archangels
And you sustain me...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXaXaacXdadcdXbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100110110 11011 1010011111 1111 010010100101 10111 1010110110 1001001 11110011011 101011 1010111011 1111010 1010101110100 0101010101 0010001111101 1110111001 10110111 1 01110010101 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 703
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of One Evening;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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