This is an analysis of the poem Common Nocturne that begins with:
A breath opens operatic breaches
in the walls,-- blurs the pivoting of crumbling roofs,-- ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaa XXXba cXbXcXb XXdXadeaeaeaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,7,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110101010 0011010001001 1000100 01010010 010110101110100 1110001 010010101001 1011101 01010001010 10101011 101010100 01001101 000101011 10001101 0011101 0111010111 010111101010 100101010 10110101 10101100 10111010 100110001 01010100100 100111011 001001 111010010 1111110 1010011 01100 0100001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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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- summary of Common Nocturne;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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