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

SING no more in mournful tones
Of the loneliness of night;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba b c dc d e fe f a ga g e ae a g hg h b ib i X bfXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 0010001 1111101 1110101 1010101 10101110 1010111 10101010 1110101 10111001 1010101 1011101 11001010 00111110 10101110 10111110 1010101 1110101 1011101 10110101 10100010 1010111 11111010 00101001 0110101 1110001 1010101 0110101 11011010 1011111 10110101 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 41
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • 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.

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

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