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

Out of the East, as from an unknown shore,
Thou comest with thy children in thine arms,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdeeddbXbfcccggcXfcfcbbhcchh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001101011 1100110011 1011110101 1101010011 1111110101 1111001101 1011010111 1011010101 1110001101 11001010101 1001001101 1111010111 11001101010 0111010101 0001111101 1101010101 0101111101 11001110101 1111011101 11010101001 1111010101 1011010100 1101010101 1111000101 1111001101 1011000111 1011001101 1101110101 1001011101 1101110101 1101010101 0101010100 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1469
  • Average number of words per stanza: 264
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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; thy, and, her, with are repeated.

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

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

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