This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Iii: To A Nightingale that begins with:
Poor melancholy bird---that all night long
Tell'st to the Moon, thy tale of tender woe;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cccc adadee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101011111 1001110101 0111111101 1101010001 1101010101 1101111101 1111011111 10010010111 1101011101 1101011101 1111011101 1111000101 1101111110 0111110011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, thou are repeated.
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