This is an analysis of the poem To A Nightingale that begins with:
O nightingale! how hast thou learnt
The note of the nested dove? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXXcdeafd cbcbdXXfeaXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11001111 0100101 1101100111 1111001 10111001 01011111 110101101 1010110101 10100111101 1101101001 1010010011010 01011101 11001010 111101 11111101 010101 01011111 0101101011 101110011 1111011001 11111011 100101101 11110101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 words and, that, the are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of To A Nightingale;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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