This is an analysis of the poem A Twilight Moth that begins with:

Dusk is thy dawn; when Eve puts on its state
Of gold and purple in the marbled west,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaa baXaaaa cdcdeed fXfdaXX cfcfccf gXgaXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1011111101 0111000101 1101110101 1101010101 10010100111 1101000101 1101010101 1101101101 11011100001 11010100100 1101011111 1101110101 1010011111 1111000111 1101010101 11010100111 0101100111 10001011111 0101010111 1100110101 111101001011 1101000101 1101010100 01001011111 1100010101 11110100101 1111110100 11001101001 11000110111 0101100101 1101010101 1111010101 1101000111 101010101 1101110101 1101111100 1011011100 1111011100 0101011111 1101010100 1101101111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, some are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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  • summary of A Twilight Moth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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