This is an analysis of the poem The Night-Scene : A Dramatic Fragment. that begins with:

Sandoval. You loved the daughter of Don Manrique?
Earl Henry. Loved?... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdedbfabeagahdfgXgbiXjghhifgdjkabdfajacblXbfgdlbjeakbleXXmddjdahdXaXelbfebbef a eejXamXeal
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 81,1,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110110100101 1101 1100111110 110111 011111 1101101 11111 11011011 11000101110 1001010111 1101000101 11010111010 1001010101 01010001010 1100110100 0101110111 0101011100 111110100100 1101001110001 11010010100100 10010 110 101010 01011101010 0101110111 00010100010 01110100010 11010011111 1011010101 1011010101 10110100011 11010111110 111111010101 1101110101 01110001011 0101011101 100100111010 11010100010 11110110111 011101001010 1101101111 11001110111 11011 11110001110 01000011101 1101010101 111100001110 1001100101 01011101110 11010101101 1011110011 0101110110 00110111010 01000100110 1101010101 0101010101 11010101010 1101010101 1100001011101110101 0111010101 11010101100 01011101010 010001 1101111 11110011111 11000100010 00010101110 11010101010 10110110101 1101011101 1110110111 01010100110 1100101101 11011100100 11110100110 11011101011 01001110001 11101101010 11001111010 11111101001 1101001101 110010001 110011101111001 1111111101 11010100110 0111010111 11010101011 11100100010 11010000110 10110111010 0101010011 110111001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1300
  • Average number of words per stanza: 231
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; loved, you, in, so, i, that are repeated.

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

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

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