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

BLEST be thy song, sweet NIGHTINGALE,
Lorn minstrel of the lonely vale ! ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXdccccbbeedfggbbcchhXXcchhhhhhaa hhhhbbhhffhhbbiijjhhcchhkkhhaacfcf llmmggccelleccggXhXchhffkkeX eefdhXkkbibiececiXidbiib gghXimimbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,34,28,24,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10111100 11000101 11111101 01010001 100101001 110101011 110010101 11010100 110010101 01010111 01110111 01011101 01001101 11010101 11010101 01010101 110101010 11010101 110010101 01010101 11110101 01010111 11011101 11110101 10010001 01010101 110010101 01111101 10010111 01010101 11010101 01010101 101010101 11010111 11011101 11110101 11010101 11111101 11110101 01010101 01011111 01010101 1010101 11111101 11001101 111000101 11010001 01010101 11010101 01010111 110100101 01010001 11011111 0101101 110011111 01110111 11010101 11110101 110010101 11000101 11110101 11000101 11010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11110101 11010001 11010101 10110101 10010101 01010111 11010101 10111101 11011111 10100100101 110011111 01010101 11010101 100100111 01010101 01011101 11011001 10010101 01000101 11011101 001110001 11110101 010101100 01010111 11010110 110110001 10101000011 1101011 100110111 101011101 101110011 1010101001 101011101 1011101010 11011101 111010011 11010101 111101010 110011101 01011101 11010101 010100001 01010111 11000101 11010111 11110111 11111101 11111101 11111101 10111101 11010101 11110101 01000101 100111010 11111111 10110011 11010101 01010011 11110101 11110101 011101010 01010101 11110101 11100111 111100101 11011101 110011001 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 997
  • Average number of words per stanza: 169
  • Amount of lines: 134
  • 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; and, their, my, no are repeated.

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

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