This is an analysis of the poem Sydney Nocturnes that begins with:

From The North Shore.
TO Day she would not show her charms; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaabcbcbabacdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011 01111101 1101100 01010101 1001110 01010101 011100 01010101 010101 01011001 1101010 01010111 1101010 10010100 110101 11010100 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 521
  • Average number of words per stanza: 86
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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  • summary of Sydney Nocturnes;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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