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

Please come back, come back to my empty bosom
The morning flowers wither away untimely...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXa bXbb bcdcXb bbadb ab X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,5,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111011010 010101001010 1011 1101011010 1110101 011100111 0101101 101001 101001 01111101110 1001 011101 1011 101101011 11101 1101 10011 1101011 11001 1111101011010 101 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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