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

And then I wakened up in such a fright;
I thought I heard a movement in the room...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacadedecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11110010101 1111010001 1011011101 11010100101 0001011111 11111101111 1111010111 1011011101 1111111101 1101110101 1101111101 1101010101 1110010110 0111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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