This is an analysis of the poem On A Journey that begins with:
Don't be downcast, soon the night will come,
When we can see the cool moon laughing in secret...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc acXXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110101 111101110010 1001101 111101 101101011 11111111001 1011001010 111111 101111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 On A Journey;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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