This is an analysis of the poem Nocturne that begins with:
The sun that hurt his lovers from on high
Is fallen; she more merciful is nigh, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaca bbXbcb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111010011 0101110001 011110101 1101010101 01110101010 0101010101 11010111001 0101010101 1101111101 11000100101 11001101100 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 257
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.
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