This is an analysis of the poem In The Twilight that begins with:
NOT bed-time yet! The night-winds blow,
The stars are out,--full well we know... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaaaX ccdeeed aafgggf aahccbh iijaaXj iickkkc hhliiil bbhmXmh iinaaan kkibXbi iiinnni aadkkkd iifdddf nnhoooh ccnbbbnXnnkddok
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 01111111 010101 01011101 11011101 11000101 1101010 1001001110 111111010 111111 11011111 11010101 01110101 110101 11111101 11011101 111011 11010111 11010101 11011101 110101 11111001 01111101 110101 110101010 010100010 01010101 110111 110101001 11011001 110101 11110011 11110111 11111101 0100001 11010111 11110101 0101010 01011101 11010111 01011101 0101110 10110101 0101001011 110101 11010001 11100101 11111100 110101 111100001 01110111 010101 01110111 11101111 01010101 010001 11011111 01011001 110001 11010101 11000101 10111101 010111 01110110 11110111 0101101 11010101 01111000 11111101 010111 01010101 010100101 111111 01111101 01010101 11010101 110101 11010101 01100101 110101 11010101 010111001 11011101 010101 11010101 010010101 0100101 11111101 01010001 01011101 1100011 11001101 11110101 111111 11110101 111111011 01010111 010101 111101110 010101010 010101 110101011 11111111 110010101 011101 11110101 01110111 110111 01010101 11010101 11110111 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 112
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, to, and, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, what, for, if are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase left connects the lines.
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