This is an analysis of the poem A Nocturne that begins with:
Like weary sea-birds spent with flight
And faltering, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eaeafefe ghghcXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 1100 011010101 1101 01111110 1011 10110101 1111 01011101 1011 11110101 11011 11010101 1101 01010011 1101 111101111 1111 01111111 1111 10011101 1110 11111111 100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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