This is an analysis of the poem It Is Night that begins with:
A night of deep darkness.
On a branch of the old fig tree...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXc X XXXXXXX a baXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,1,7,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110 10100111 011011 01001010 111101 001 101011 101001 10111011 100101110000 1001111 0101100010 1011 00101010 111011100 111 001011 01001001 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of It Is Night;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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