This is an analysis of the poem Sixth Sunday After Epiphany that begins with:

There are, who darkling and alone,
Would wish the weary night were gone,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaacX Xdeeaaff bbgghhhh ddaahhcc iihhggjj hhddkkee ddjjjjcl mmnnooXo nnclppbb ooccddmmXddhhcchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 11011101 01001011 11110101 01001101 1000101011 10011011111110 01110110 010111001 11111101 01010011 11110101 11010111 101111001 100101010101 110101001 110011101 11010101 01010101 100100101 01000101 11110101 110101010101 11010101 00110111 110011010 110101010 11010101 110111001 101100111 111100111101 111111010 101101010 10010101 100000101 11010111 01010101 110011101 110011110101 1100001011 110100101 01111101 10010101 11011101 11010101 110011101 110101011101 10011101 11110101 11010011 11011111 11110101 11011111 11010111 110101010100 100101101 01100101 01011101 11010101 01010101 11010011 11011101 011111000101 100101101 11011101 11010101 11010100 110111010 110101010 11011101 0010001111011 01101101 11010111 11111101 11010101 110000101 11010111 11110001 0101110001001 110010101 01010111 1101001001 11000101 1111111 11010101 11001101 100101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and, their are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words 'tis, what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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