This is an analysis of the poem Variations On 'The Short Night--' that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX Cde Cfd CXb CXX Cdc CXX CXf CgX Cfd Cad ChX h a fXe e X Cfi g CjjXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101010 010001 1111 011 10101010 101 011 001 100010 011 10011 010101 011 01101 101 011 0110 1111 011 10110010 011100 011 100010 0101 011 0100 110 011 1100 101010 011 1010 011010 011 1011 10111 0101101 10010111110 011110010001 1111 11101101 1111110 1000000 011 01001 1011001 10 011 1101001 11101 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 48
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 55
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Variations On 'The Short Night--';
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  • history of its creation;
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