This is an analysis of the poem Be Music, Night that begins with:

Be music, night,
That her sleep may go ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXa bXc bcaX Xba cXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,3,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101 10111 11011111 0011 10111 110010011001 0011 10101010 1010111010 00010001000 0011 1010111 10101011101 10011011 101011010 10101010011 110001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 Be Music, Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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