This is an analysis of the poem The Nightingale that begins with:
And now soft night hath ta'en her seat on high,
Outbreathing balmy peace o'er all the land;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbccbdd efeffggfhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111100111 10010110101 1001010111 1101011101 0101010101 10010011001 0101110101 1001000101 1111110101 110101110101 11110010011 1101100101 1101010101 1101010101 0001100100 1101010001 0101010111 0101100101 1111010101 110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Nightingale;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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