This is an analysis of the poem Hesper that begins with:

Sunset on the mountains hoary,
Deepens into night;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef agag cece chch ieie jkjk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 10001 11101010 11101 01101110 11111 01101110 10101 10111010 01101 11111010 11111 10101110 10101 11111010 11111 10111010 11001 11101110 111001 10101010 10101 11111010 11111 10101010 11101 01101010 100111 1110011 11101 101110011 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of Hesper;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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