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

Night of Mid-June, in heavy vapours dying,
Like priestly hands thy holy touch is lying ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXb ccdaXd cceffe cceccX aacXag aabaab cXecge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101010 11011101010 010111 11111100010 0101101010000 110101 11000101110 11001111010 0101001 110101111010 11111101110 110110 11011101010 01010101010 111101 11010111010 01011100110 111101 10011111010 01011100110 010111 01100001110 11000101010 011100 01111100110 01010101110 1111010 01010101100 11010101010 010101 11010101110 01010101010 111101 01010101010 11011100010 110101 10111100110 10110100110 110101 11110111010 1101011111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, a, night are repeated.

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

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

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