This is an analysis of the poem Fall Of The Evening Star that begins with:
Speak softly; sun going down
Out of sight. Come near me now....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX aX bb XX XX Xa XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 1101101 1011111 11010111 010101001 010101101 01001101 101010111 11100011 1110100110 1101101010 01011111 111011 101101001001 010111110 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 15
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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