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

Night is the time for rest;
How sweet, when labors close,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdd ceceff gdgdaa hchcii jbjbdd fafaaa kgkgaa lmlmXd ibibnn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100111 111101 01011101 010001 101011101 11110101 100111 010101 11101111 100101 11010101 11011111 100111 010101 01010101 010101 11011101 11011101 100101 010011 11010011 010100 11010111 11011101 100101 1010101 01010111 0111001 11000111 11111101 100111 1011001 01010001 101101 110101001 10011101 100101 100101 11110111 010101 100100101 0101001 100101 110101 01010101 1001001 10010110 11010101 100111 110101 10010101 0111001 101011101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word night at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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