This is an analysis of the poem Winter Nightfall that begins with:

The day begins to droop,--
Its course is done: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdbebdefeaXcXcgbghhghXdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 0101 110101 00101 0101010 1101 1111101 0101 110111 00111 0100101 001001 010101 1111 010011 00101 0111001 1101 11101001 10011 010101 101011 0110111 10101 1100101 0110 1111101 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 705
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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