At Twilight by Guy Wetmore Carryl: poem analysis

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

Was it so long? It seems so brief a while
Since this still hour between the day and dark... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd aeaeefef dgdgeheh ididjfjf Xkikhdhd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 10110010111 1101010101 110101 0111010101 1001111101 1101011001 111111 0101010101 0101010101 1101110111 010101 1101011101 1101011111 1111011111 110101 1110011111 1101010001 1101110101 010011 01010111001 1101010001 0100011101 110110 1011010111 1100010001 0111110101 111101 1110010101 0101010001 1110010111 111101 11011001010 1100011101 0101010101 011111 0101110110 0101111111 1111010111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, us are repeated.

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

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  • summary of At Twilight;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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