This is an analysis of the poem Calm Was The Even, And Clear Was The Sky that begins with:

Calm was the even, and clear was the sky,
And the new budding flowers did spring,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacde fgfgfeXe dhdhgche
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011101 1011010001 1101110011 01011001 111111111 11001111 11001101011 1110011111111 11001111101 1010010010 11101101001 110110010 1100111110 01111001 11111001011 1110011111111 11101011101 11111101 11011011111 11111001 111110110 01011111 11111101001 1110011111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, ha, he, his, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ha at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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