This is an analysis of the poem All Midnight I Suddenly Wake Up that begins with:

At midnight I suddenly wake up hearing someone's voice
is that you, is that you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbAXcacXAbcA X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11111001110111 011011 110101100011 011011 11101101101 111011010011 1101101011011 011110111001 11111110010 011011 101011101011 0100001100110101 011011 01001010111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 364
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, you, my are repeated.

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

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