This is an analysis of the poem Night-Scented Stock that begins with:

White, white in the milky night
The moon danced over a tree.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcdX XbccbX XXXddXdX eeffgg abXbXfcfcbXgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,8,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 0111001 1000100100100 111001 1011101111 1101001 10111010110 10110110 01111100 010010101011 11101010101011 1010100101 1011011001 1000010011110 10110101001 0100001100100 11101010101000 111101101 11111010100110 1110010010 01110001110 1111010110 1100110011 1110110101 101010010011 1001100111 1101001001 011110110 10111001111 10101010110101 11010111 1011001 10010101010100 111011111 01010110010 1010111 001001001110 110101001 010111110100 101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Night-Scented Stock;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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