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

OUT-WORN heart, in a time out-worn,
Come clear of the nets of wrong and right;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddceffeabba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11100111 110010111 110100111 1101001001 11010111 110101111 111011101 10010001001 111101011 110100101 011111011 110111110 111100101 1110111001 1101110111 11011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 650
  • Average number of words per stanza: 125
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; heart, in, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Into The Twilight;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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