This is an analysis of the poem The Two Birth Nights that begins with:

Bright glittering lights are gleaming in yonder mansion proud,
And within its walls are gathered a gemmed and jewelled crowd;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddee ccbb ffaa ccbb ccgg hhee bbdd iibb ffXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11001110010101 1010111001011001 10101110101101 110010101010101 1111101010101001 001010101010001 101100100010111 011010100011001 101001101001101 101110101010101 101010101011101 110010101011001 101010100010101 100010101110101 110010111110111 101010101111011 110011101110111 001010101010101 110110110101010 1110111010101010 111111101111101 111011101010101 011010101011101 1010101010000101 00101010110101 101110101110101 111010101010101 110010101110111 001011100010111 1110101010100110 111000101110111 00101010111111 011010101110101 101010101010001 001100101010101 1011101101101 101110100110111 101011101111111 111011101110101 100010101010111 1010101010111001 111010101010101 111110110110111 111011101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, fair, that, this, she are repeated.

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  • summary of The Two Birth Nights;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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