This is an analysis of the poem The Tryst that begins with:

Flee into some forgotten night and be
Of all dark long my moon-bright company:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccddeeaaf fXdgga bhhcc iijj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,6,5,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010110 0111111100 010101001011 1101010111 1111111111 1011010101 01001000101 1101010101 0101000011 1101100101 1011011101 0101010111 100101001010 10110101001 11001001001 1101011101 1111001111 10010000100 1011011001 11110111001 1101110101 1001011100 11111111011 1111010001 1111001111 11110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 280
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, nor are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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