This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Night-Riders that begins with:
It's up and out with the bat and owl!
We ride by night in fair and foul;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcCddcccccceebbffcccceeggcCaaffddcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011100111 11110111 01111101 111111111 111101111 11111101 11111111 111011100 01110111 101111111 111100101 101011111 110010111 110111101 11011111 111011100 011110101 010110101 1100101111 110110111 1001011001 11111111 101101111 11111100 111010111 110010101 1100101111 11011101 11011111 01111111 111111111 111011100 111100111 11111111 01111101 11111111 01011111 11010111 111110111 11111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1546
- Average number of words per stanza: 317
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, him are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Song Of The Night-Riders;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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