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

O Nightingale my heart
How sad thou art!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbacacba bdaeade
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 1111 110011 1000111111 10010010001 111101 110001 1111 111111 1011000111 1110110111 0010111 1111010101 1110 1111111101 101101 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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  • summary of O Nightingale My Heart;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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