This is an analysis of the poem Hail, Twilight, Sovereign Of One Peaceful Hour that begins with:
HAIL Twilight, sovereign of one peaceful hour!
Not dull art Thou as undiscerning Night;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdecde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110011010 1111110001 11001000101 11000101010 10010101010 0011010111 1101111101 10111101010 1101011111 0111011101 111101001011 11010010101 0101010011 10010001011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 620
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
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