This is an analysis of the poem The Nightingale Near The House that begins with:

Here is the soundless cypress on the lawn:
It listens, listens. Taller trees beyond... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbc Xbbc Xaaa Xdda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 0101010101 1001100101 111111 1101011101 0101110001 1011010101 110111 11110011101 1111110111 0111110001 011101 1011010111 1101110101 10010101011 111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; then is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word sing at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Nightingale Near The House;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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