This is an analysis of the poem Nocturne that begins with:
Night comes, an angel stands
Measuring out the time of stars,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaa bcbc acaXcccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 111101 10010101 110111010 010101 10011010101 0101100101 11010101 11010101 11010101 0100111001 11011111 110101 01010111 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Nocturne;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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