This is an analysis of the poem Returning, We Hear The Larks that begins with:

Sombre the night is.
And though we have our lives, we know ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc bdd XXa XXXXaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 11111111 1100111 1011011101 01010110111 101011 111111 1101100011 1010011001010 111001 110011 11101 10111101 11001 1011111111011 101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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