This is an analysis of the poem When Nightingales Their Lulling Song that begins with:

When nightingales their lulling song
For me have breathed the whole night long,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaacc ddeeffcc ggXhhhaa iiffcc Xjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,6,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001101 11110111 11111101 01011101 100101010 110101010 11111101 11111111 11111111 11110100 11011101 11111100 11011101 11110101 10111100 01111111 11011101 11110100 111101010 01010101 11010101 01010011 110111010 111011010 11111101 11111101 11010111 11100111 11110101 010011101 10010100 00010111 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; my, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.

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