This is an analysis of the poem In My Sky At Twilight that begins with:

In my sky at twilight you are like a cloud
and your form and colour are the way I love them....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXab Xacd Xaee bXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111111101 111110101110 111110011 1011110011 01011111 0101010111 11001101 110101011001 11111110000101 1101111101 10001011110 1101001110010 1110001011011 11101011101 1101101011010 011010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, my are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of In My Sky At Twilight;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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