This is an analysis of the poem Twilight And Peace that begins with:

O GREY and dewy Twilight,
Thou, who comest softly, bringing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbccdeeFfdAabXddXEEddaAeXeccgEEFfgAhXhffcbbffc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111011 11101010 10101110 10111010 11100111 10101011 101101 10111110 10111110 101011010 01101110 111011101110111 1111011 11101010 11101110 10101110 10101010 10111010 101101 11111110 11111110 101011010 10111010 1010111011101011 1111011 11101110 11101011 11101010 10101110 00101010 101101 11111110 11111110 101011010 01101110 111011101111101 1111011 10111010 11111011 10101110 10111010 101011100 111111 11101010 10100010 10101110 10101010 101000100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1696
  • Average number of words per stanza: 317
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, too, for, of, full, her are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, her are repeated).

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