This is an analysis of the poem Midnight In Camp that begins with:

Night in the unslumbering forest! From the free,
Vast pinelands by the foot of man untrod,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXabaab cdcdaXeX fgfghXeh XgXgdeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100010001 11001010110 1011101000 010001 1011111111 1001010111 1001010101 101111 0101110110 0101010101 110001010101 010111 1101110101 1101110010 0110110111 100001 1100010101 1010011001 1100010011 010101 1011011111 1010010101 1101010111 101101 1001010001 1111110101 01010111000 100111 1101110101 0100101101 1111100100 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 304
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; to is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Midnight In Camp;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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