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

NIGHT on the city of the Moor!
On mosque and tomb, and white-walled shore,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXccdddeXddeeccffggffhhhhhhaaeeddaaddiiddjjjjkkeekkddjjjjhhhhddXajjhhjjccjjllhhhhjjhheehhkkaaddddjjiihhhhmmnnmmbbcchghhccgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 127,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010001 11111111 11101101 01010101 11010101 11010100 01010111 11110101 10011001 01010101 11010111 01010001 010101100 01100111 01000101 110011101 01011101 11110111 01010101 11111101 11000101 11010101 01000101 11110111 11010111 11010101 11110101 11011111 11011101 11110001 01101101 01010111 111100101 11011101 10010101 01011111 01010101 11010101 010010101 100010101 01011101 110000101 11110101 01110101 01000101 110001001 01010101 01000111 01010101 10010111 01010101 11110111 01010001 11010111 01100101 10111111 11011100 11001101 11010101 100111001 11010101 11011111 11011111 11110101 11010101 01110101 1011111 0111010010 01010001 11110101 11011111 111111001 01100101 10010101 00110101 01010101 01110101 11011111 11011101 10011001 01000101 11111101 010001001 11010001 01000101 11110101 110101001 11011101 01010101 11010111 11111100 10101101 01110101 10010101 01111111 01010101 11011101 11110111 01001001 11010101 10010111 00110001 11010111 11011101 00110101 01011101 010101001 01010101 010101001 01010101 11010101 11010111 010000101 11010111 01001111 01010111 11111101 11011101 00100101 11100101 01001101 10010111 11010101 01010101 01010100 11101101 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4551
  • Average number of words per stanza: 811
  • Amount of lines: 127
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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