This is an analysis of the poem Night Piece that begins with:
Gaunt in gloom,
The pale stars their torches,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXbc XdXadX eXbeXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101 011110 0101 100010110110 1011010 1101 100 011010 0101 0101110101 1111110 010 1111 011100 0101 1010110111 1000010 101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Night Piece;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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