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

Now danced are all the dances,
And all the games are done,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbb deXebe dedebe fgaghg fhdhXh dXieie XbXbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 110111 0101010 101111 0110110 010111 11001010 011101 0101110 011101 1101010 1101001 1111010 110101 1001010 110101 1110011 110101 1101010 110111 11001010 0011001 1101111 010101 0110010 100111 0101110 010101 01111111 010101 10111110 01110110 01001010 100111 1101110 111111 0101110 1010101 0111010 011101 1101010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, them are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word now at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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