This is an analysis of the poem Night that begins with:
In the night, in the night,
When thou liest alone,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABbccccA ABbdccdA ABbeaaeA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001001 11101 101111 001001 101011 01011 001001 001 001001 11101 101111 001111 011011 011111 101001 001 001001 11101 001101 1011011 101011 11001 11011 001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; in, old are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the are repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines night is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Night;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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