This is an analysis of the poem Night Comes Creeping that begins with:
Night comes creeping slowly o'er me,
Like a vapor cold and gray;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbC XdXd eceC bfbf gcgC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010101 1010111 10111011 10100101 10101010 1010101 10111010 1111111 10111010 1110001 00110011 1110101 11101010 1011111 10111010 1111111 10101010 1010001 10101010 1110111 11111010 1010111 00111010 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Night Comes Creeping;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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