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

NO easy matter 'tis to hold,
Against its owner's will, the fleece...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccabdd efefgghggiihjjkkaa hkjXccggbbkkggcccllggccllggggmmbbaaccjjnnbbaddggaaaccggddbbccjjXobXkjjlkaaXoookXaajhjldlXffccccceccefafacXaaXfccddXfffccjXffddccaaccppqqddfXaarrcXaajjaaaacbcbbbjjffggXabboooiiaaccaXggggddlbaabbcckkccjjhjaXjjmmXajjaaXppXaccbbkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,18,275,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01010001 11010101 01010101 10011101 0101 101011101 11010111 1010111 11001101 010101001 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010100 11011011 11110101 01010001 01010101 01010100 11111101 11010001 11111101 11000101 110101111 11010101 00110100 01011111 11011101 1001100 01010111 01110101 11101101 01110111 01010101 10110101 010011111 11110101 01010011 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 110101010 111111010 110101010 010001010 11100101 01101101 110001010 011100010 010111101 10111101 11010101 11010101 01111111 11110111 11011101 01110010 01011101 11011001 11110101 01001111 11010111 1100101001 11011111 01011101 11001101 01011100 11001101 01010101 01110111 11010110 11111111 01010101 11010101 11011111 01010101 11111101 01011101 01011101 11110111 11000101 01110110 11011101 11011111 110010111 11010111 11110101 01010100100 1101011010 101000101 1011101100 101101101 101110101 100111111 1010101010 101011101 101011101 100110111 10101011100 110100111 101110101 101010101 101111101 1011001010 1010110101 101010111 101011111 1000010100 101000111 111111110 101011111 1010111010 10111010100 11101111 11011101 11011101 11010001 01110101 11110101 10011100 01111101 101111101 11011111 11110101 00110101 01011001 01110101 01000111 01010111 100110110 101011111 1000100011 101011100 101000101 1010101001 01010111 010110111 101011111 110011110 100010011001 101100100 101110101 11011101 101001111 101011111 1011100110 111110010 101100010 11011101 01110101 11011111 11110111 01011111 01010101 010101101 101110101 1011001101 101010101 101110101 101000101 1000010111 101101101 101111110 1011001010 101000101101 101111111 101010101 101110111 101011111 1010010100 01110101 10010111 11010111 11010111 110011101 11011101 11010101 01010001 01110101 11011100 11010101 01110001 01010110 11010101 11010001 01011111 01000100 11110101 11111101 01110101 110011100 01010001 11000101 11110100 11011101 01011101 11010101 01011101 11010101 01011101 11010011 01010101 11000101 1010100011 1010011010 01010111 10011101 11010101 01011111 01000101 11011111 11110100 01011001 01000101 11010101 11010101 01010001 110101010 010011010 00100111 01010101 11000101 01000111 111011101 100111101 101110100 101010011 101011111 1011110010 01011111 101001111 101011111 100110101 1001111010 01010011 101110111 101111101 100110001 100010101 10101110100 11010101 01010001 11010010 11011111 11010101 11010111 010101001 101110101 11010111 101111111 100011101 101010101 101000101 1010111001 101010011 1010101010 111001001 11010111 11010101 100111111 1011101110 10011001010 100110111 1010111010 1010100010 100101101 101110101 101111101 101011101 101011101 1010101010 01010101 11010101 01110101 10010101 01011101 10110101 01010101 01110111 11010101 11110101 11010001 01111101 11000101 11010101 01000111 01010111 11010101 01110101 11010001 01110111 11110111 01010101 11010101 01010001 11110001 101010111 11000101 1011001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3754
  • Average number of words per stanza: 640
  • Amount of lines: 301
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, her, not, and, she, your, in, he, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her, it are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase desire connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Nightingale;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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