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

SWEET BIRD OF SORROW! ­why complain
In such soft melody of Song, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccddeeffggahhaeeddhhbbddgg ihihccagghbbhjjddddkkdd hhdfdf aalXllXladadXXllll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,23,6,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01110001 11010011 01010101 111111 11010101 11010101 01010101 110011101 00111111 01011101 111111001 11001101 11101101 11111101 100010101 11010101 10110101 11111101 101111001 10111101 10110101 11011101 11010101 11111001 110100101 1111101 01010101 110100101 10010111 111100101 01110111 01010101 11011111 111100001 01010101 01100101 11010111 010100101 11010101 11010101 11110101 01100001 110110011 0011010101 10110101 10011101 01010101 110101010 11110101 11111101 11011101 111101010101 10110111 01011101 010110111 11010101 11011101 11011001 11111011 10110101 110011010 01011101 11010101 11111111 11010101 100111101 10010101 01011111 11010101 11101101 11110111 1001110001 110111001 110100101 111101101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 719
  • Average number of words per stanza: 122
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • 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; of, thy, nor are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, to, nor are repeated.

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