This is an analysis of the poem Twilight On Sandusky Marsh that begins with:

Low in the west the moon's slim crescent swings.
Across the marsh the vesper breezes bear ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbXcdeecd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001011101 0101010101 0101001111 010010110001 01010001001 01111101001 1011010111 11110100100 1101010111 00110101010 1011010101 0111111111 0101110101 10110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 662
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Twilight On Sandusky Marsh;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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