This is an analysis of the poem The Silver Lily that begins with:

The nights have grown cool again, like the nights
Of early spring, and quiet again. Will...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa bc dXeaXbdX XcccXbe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101101 01001110010 10111 01111110110 1111001001110 1110111 001101101 111010 1011010 100101011 110101110011 100110101 1001101011 11010 1111101001011 010111111101010 1110111100 001 10011 10111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; moon is repeated.

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