This is an analysis of the poem Nightingales, A Sigh, A Whisper that begins with:
Nightingales, a sigh, a whisper
In a shady nook...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcbc dXdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100001010 00101 10101010 00101 10111111 10001 10101110 00111 11101110 11101 10101010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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