This is an analysis of the poem The Incredible Night I Spent that begins with:

I thought I was dreaming.
You were there when things began to change....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXa XXbXcb bdd Xcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110 101110101 01110010010101 1100 11110101011 1100111010001 00100111010110 11100101101 1010010 10110101 1000101011 10111 110110 101011 101010 110101010 1101010 11111101000111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

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  • summary of The Incredible Night I Spent;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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