This is an analysis of the poem The Sunset, Woven Of Soft Lights that begins with:

THE sunset, woven of soft lights
And tender colors, lingers late,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110011 11010101 1101111101 0100 01010111 110101101 1111010101 0101 10010011 11010111 1111010111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 388
  • Average number of words per stanza: 71
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Sunset, Woven Of Soft Lights;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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