This is an analysis of the poem The Flash At Midnight that begins with:
The flash at midnight! - 'twas a light
That gave the blind a moment's sight... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccbdd eeaXXaee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 11010101 110111 11110101 01110001 111001 11011111 10010111 11010101 010101011 001001 110101100 11110111 010001 10010101 11010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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