This is an analysis of the poem Professor Noctutus that begins with:
Nobody knows the world but me.
The rest go to bed; I sit up and see....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc d Xdbbdd ddccee ddaabX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 0110111111 0010010110011 11101110111 110101110 110111010 110111011 101 1110111 1010110101 1001101101 1010111101 1101001001 111011111 110111001 1111001111 1101011101 11011111 111110111 11111111111 101111111 1101101101 111110111 11101111101 101011001111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, see, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, you are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Professor Noctutus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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