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

Rolled in a smouldering mist, wrapt in an ardent cloud,
Over ridged roofs, over the buried roar... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadXcecbffebbcb ffcgXhhghbiacX ababaa faaffgcagadcXdgcjcdjcckXklcXlcecXecgddhhagmaam hibghgdgdfdfnjconoccafaccfaagggffXcbcgbggbg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,14,6,46,43,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001001101101 1011100101 1111 11001010101 0101100101 1101110101 01100011000 011011 100011101111 1101000101 01010010111 0101010101 110101 0101010111 11001011101 1101010101 1001011101 011001 10010111 01010101001 1111011100 110110111001 110100 01011111001 01010111001 100011001001 0111010011 1101010111 100101110 1100010101 0101010001 0100010100 110101 1011100101 110101 11110111001 01010110101 101001010101 101010101101 1010111010111 11110101001001 110110 010101001 1001010111 01110101 00010101 0101010001 0011 0101010111 1101010101 1101010100 0011110101 0101 1001000101 011101110 0101110101 01101110101 10110101010 0111010101 0010010111 110011 10011010101 1111010101 0111 11011111101 110111 1011 101101 0101110101 1100010100 11110010101 00101010101 1001110111 11010100111 1101010101 1011100101 110111 010100011 1101110101 110101000111 11111111 1100110100 0111010101 101101100101 1011110 11110101110 11110100001 110111 1101110 101101011 1101010001 10111101 11011101 1101010101 0101000101 0101110111 111111 01001110 1111011101 1111010011 1100010101 110100101 110100111 010101010111 1100010101 1100110111 1100110101 10011010111 0101011101 01010111001 110100101001 0111 1111011101 0101011111 0110011111 1001 0100100111 11010101101 1011000111 110111 01010100111 101101 1100101101001 0011001101 0111010101 1011010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 833
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 126
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, what, that, if, with, not, some, though, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, if, though are repeated.

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