This is an analysis of the poem It Is The Hour that begins with:

It is the hour when from the boughs
The nightingale's high note is heard;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddeeccff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 000101001 010001101 000101101 110100101 11011101 11000101 110011101 10010111 11010101 11010101 100101101 11011101 11000101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 488
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.

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

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