This is an analysis of the poem An April Night that begins with:

The moon comes up o'er the deeps of the woods,
And the long, low dingles that hide in the hills,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaX babX cdcd eaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111001001 10111011001 1010101101 1001101001 100011111 011101001101 11101001101 00110111100 1101101011 100101101 101111101 1010010101 01001001111 0101101101 1101101111 0100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of An April Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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