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

Now I leave this cottage lowly,
Where my love hath made her home,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba bc dc d c dc de feXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1111101 10101110 1010101 10111110 10100101 10101110 10010011 10101010 0010101 10101110 1110101 10011110 1001101 10110110 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 52
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of The Beautiful Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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