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

The light is drawn out of the leaves and grass,
And the sweet flowers grow pale in the gray air,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccbcbddceceeefgfghhXicijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101100111 10110110011 10110101001 0001010111 1010011101 1100110011 0101010101 10010010101 0101110011 0100111111 1011010101 0101011101 1111110101 1001100101 1101010101 1010010101 0101011111 1101010101 11111101010 1101000101 11010101010 1011000101 11001111011 10010001001 101101100 1111100111 1101000101 1101101101 0001010101 1111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1282
  • Average number of words per stanza: 243
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

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

  • summary of Evening.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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