This is an analysis of the poem The Glory Of The Day Was In Her Face that begins with:

The glory of the day was in her face,
The beauty of the night was in her eyes.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100011001 0100011001 11010100001 0101000101 1001010001 11000101001 1001010101 1101010001 11010010101 0111001111 0111011101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, in, her, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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

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