This is an analysis of the poem The Night Dance that begins with:
Strike the gay harp! see the moon is on high,
And, as true to her beam as the tides of the ocean, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccBdXde efefggBahah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011101011 1110011010010 11111011001 01011110010 111010010 11011110110 0101 1111101001 0110011011100 110001101101 11101110010 1101011011 1010010110011 11101101011 1100011100101 0111010110 1110111010 0101 1101101011 1011011111010 111010001001 11011111010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 508
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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.
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- summary of The Night Dance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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