This is an analysis of the poem The Candles Are Brought In that begins with:

Don’t you have the strange vision sometimes
(When a dark penetrates in a house) ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cada edeb cXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011001 101101001 001001011 1110010110 101101001 1110001110 110101111 11111011 101101101 1110010010 10110101 1011010110 1111010010 101100101 101101101 1110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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 The Candles Are Brought In;
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