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

When wild geese honk on Walpurgis night
who thinks then of going to rest?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dede fgfg dXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111111001 11101001 0110111101 11011101 111111001 11011011 1111111101 11111111 1010101101 11011001 1100111001 101011101 10100111001 011110110 00100101101 0100010010 01011101101 101001011 1011101011 101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; i, s, in are repeated.

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