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

The wings of Evening, spread like phantom sails
Athwart the waning west,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdXeXefgfgahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011101 010101 1101110101 110101 1101010011 010100 1101000101 011100 0111010111 110101 0100010100 110100 01111011101 010111 1110011111 010101 1101000101 110101 1111100101 001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 695
  • Average number of words per stanza: 129
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; that is repeated.

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

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

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

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