This is an analysis of the poem At Night that begins with:

We are apart; the city grows quiet between us,
She hushes herself, for midnight makes heavy her eyes, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010110011 1100111111001 01001001001110 110111100111 1110111001110 1011011111011 1111101011010 1110111001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, your are repeated.

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

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