This is an analysis of The Children Of The Night by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
For those that never know the light,
The darkness is a sullen thing;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gcgc hihi jkjk lala Xded gfgf jdjd mfmfXamam
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 11110101 01000101 11010001 11010110 11111111 11010111 11010111 11010101 10101101 10101101 01110111 10010101 101010111 01011101 011000101 11010001 10100111 11000101 01010101 11010101 11110101 11100101 11100101 1111001001 01010011 11010101 11010111 10101101 10101101 11010111 01111101 01110101 10111101 11011100 11010001 01010101 00010101 11011011 00010001 11010101 00010101 11100111 11100101 01100101 11010001 11011101 11010001 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 12
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, no, but, god
Anaphora
and, no
