This is an analysis of the poem The Nightingale that begins with:
When grass grows green, and fresh leaves spring,
And flowers are budding on the plain,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXXcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111111101 110110101 110001101 11011101 11100110010 1011101101 1101110101 1100110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, my, joy are repeated.
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- summary of The Nightingale;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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