This is an analysis of the poem Evening. By A Tailor that begins with:

Day hath put on his jacket, and around
His burning bosom buttoned it with stars. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdaXbeX XXfdXghXiXc faXbcfefbjcjgX bfhbgccXbafcXbie
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,11,14,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 0101010001 1011110101 101100111 11010001011 1111000101 1101010101 01110011101 11010101010 1011011101 11100110011 11010100010 00001101010 11111101111 1101100110 1001011111 1111010111 1001000101 1111010101 1001011100 11010001010 01011101010 1100110101 10010011010 1101001100 1111110101 11010111010 110001001010 11010101010 11110100010 11110101111 0110010011 0101010101 1111110100 100111100 0001010111 11010001010 1001010001 0101010101 11010111010 110101001010 1101000101 1101010011 0101111010 111101101 11010011010 01011101010 11010101000 10010010001 1101011111 11110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 557
  • Average number of words per stanza: 105
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; that, it are repeated.

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

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