This is an analysis of the poem Night that begins with:
The sun descending in the west,
The evening star does shine;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccaa dadaeeff afafeegg hihiXXaa dgdgXXhh fificcgX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001 010111 01110011 111111 011010 010110 01001 111101 11111101 111101 11110101 010101 011110 110110 111110 111010 110100101 111101 110101001 010101 0111010 111010 111111 111111 11110111 1100111 10011101 110001 101110 010110 011110 110010 11010101 110101 11000101 110101 1011010 110110 01001 010101 11011101 111111 11111111 110111 110110 111110 11101 1111001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 251
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, where, and are repeated.
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- summary of Night;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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