This is an analysis of the poem Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight that begins with:

Slowly England's sun was setting o'er the hilltops far away,
Filling all the land with beauty at the close of one sad day;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcX ddaacX cceecX ffaXcX bbffcX ggffcX ffggcX bbhhcc ffhhcX aacccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111010011101 101010101010111 101110100011101 101111101010101 101111101011111 1000110101011110 101011101000101 00111101111111 101000101010101 101000101110101 100111101011101 111010101011110 1010101010011011 101011101010101 1101101001101010 10010111101101110 111110101010111 101101101011110 101110101110101 101010101010101 111010101010111 101000101010111 101111101011111 111010101011110 101110101010111 101110101111101 111010101011101 101010101011011 111010101111101 101011101011110 1110101010010111 100010101011101 10100101010100101 101110101011101 111011100110101 1101110101011110 111110101010101 1110110101011011 101010111111101 1011111011101001 1010101010011111 101011101011110 0110011101010111 101011101110001 101110100111111 101110101010101 10101010110101 101010100111111 1001011101011101 1010100101110101 101110101011111 101111100010011 101010101010101 111011101011110 1110101010100101 1011101110100101 1010101110101001 101010111010101 0011111010110011 101011111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 402
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, and, it, her, his are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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