This is an analysis of the poem A Night With A Wolf that begins with:

Little one come to my knee !
Hark how the rain is pouring... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dece dfXf ggXg hfec bada fgcg agXg cbhb cbhbXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011 1101010 100100111 101001010 1010110 111010010 101100111 01101100 1101010 10111110 1001011001 11111010 01101010 11101110 100100111 11010010 11010010 111110 10010111 101001010 10010110 1011011 10100111 10111011 1010110 1101010 10110111 1001010 0111011 1011010 101100101 1111110 1101010 1101010 101101101 1001110 1011010 1101010 10100101 10101010 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Night With A Wolf;
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  • history of its creation;
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