This is an analysis of the poem Nocturno (Nocturne ) that begins with:

Spanish
Fuera, la noche en veste de tragedia solloza ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XX XXXXXX XXXXXbX XcXXXdXXX XcXXXX a ef XgeeXh XiIdXfX gXebX XXbbXihiIge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,6,7,9,6,1,2,6,7,5,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 1011110100100 1010101010001100 110 11100100111110 1101101001011010 1110111100100 1111011011111 100110 11010111011011000 10101000 10100010 1011100 1101010110111 101001 11010101101111 11110100 111000010 11100010 111001001100 11001011010110110 10011101110010 1100110 111010 11101 100110 1110110 1101100010101000 10100010 100100100 10011100101010 10 1101101001 11010101001101 11 101010001110 110011011101 00111110100 100101111101 110101 11101011100 10100100 10101 0110100 11111111 1101 1111111111 111110 1010111 1010111 00011001010 11010110101 10111111001 1111 011101 011101 1111010 111101 11110010100100 10101 101010 110010010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; tan, y, de, negras, yo, te, invierno, and, so, black, i, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words como, yo, like, i, because are repeated.

    The author used the same words mi, my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines all is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Nocturno (Nocturne );
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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