This is an analysis of the poem Nuremberg that begins with:

So quiet it was in that high, sun-steeped room,
So warm and still, that sometimes with the light...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbc cdcdb Xcccc XXXaX dedee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001011111 1111101001 1011010101 10101011101 10101011101 1100110001 1100110111 1101010100 0111110101 0101111100 11110100100 10011011101 1101010111 0101011101 11010010101 11111101000 1011010111 0101011101 0101101111 01101100 1101101111 0111010101 1100010101 1101100101 1111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; those is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Nuremberg;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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