This is an analysis of the poem A Sleepless Night that begins with:

April, and the last of the plum blossoms
scatters on the black grass ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeecXXbabXXdaa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100110 101011 011010101 01101 011101 1101 111001 10001 100100111 10001 010 01011 00110 11010101 1010001 1111101110 001000010101 01110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • 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.

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  • summary of A Sleepless Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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