This is an analysis of the poem The Red Sunsets I, 1883 that begins with:

The twilight heavens are flushed with gathering light,
And o'er wet roofs and huddling streets below ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbX acacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 011101101001 110111100101 1001010101 1011000101 1101011101 0101110101 0101010101 11001010100 111100110001 01001101001 1101010111 1011011101 1101010101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 309
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, with, and are repeated.

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