This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To The Night that begins with:
I heard the trailing garments of the Night
Sweep through her marble halls!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab acac abab dbdb ddddXdada
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101010001 110101 11010111001 000101 1101010101 1101001 0101010001 100111 1101010101 010111 1101010001 111101 0011000111 110101 01000100111 011101 1101011101 111101 11011010101 110111 1101011101 010111 0100111011 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Hymn To The Night;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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