This is an analysis of the poem Night On Our Lives that begins with:
Night on our lives, ah me, how surely has it fallen!
Be they who can deceived. I dare not look before.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXcdbdcXdXad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111111101010 011101111101 1100111101110 110101110101 1001110111110 111101110011 11110011101110 110101010011 01110001011010 1101011100111 1001001011101 1100010011110 101101011101 011111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 777
- Average number of words per stanza: 146
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 55 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; how, it, so are repeated.
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