This is an analysis of the poem Epilogue To Asolando that begins with:

At the midnight in the silence of the sleep-time,
When you set your fancies free,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbXdXXd ceXfe aXbfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100100011 1111101 011011111010 111111111111 101 101101111010 1111101 001000100100 101010100110 101 111010111110 1010111 101110101110 111011100110 101 111000100111 1001001 111011111010 10110011011110 11100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; you, so, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word never is repeated.

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