This is an analysis of the poem Noctambule that begins with:
Zut! it's two o'clock.
See! the lights are jumping....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXccXc XaXadcdc efefgcXc gbgbcccc hchX egXg XhXXdfdX cbXbibib chchebjb kbkbabab lglgjXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101 101110 10111 111010 10101 101010 11011 101010 10111 101010 10111 110110 11101 011011 10001 110010 00101 101110 11111 111110 10101 111110 11000 111010 10101 101110 10101 111010 10101 101010 10011 101010 10101 101110 11101 10010 10101 101110 10111 101010 1011000 100110 100110 111000 10111 111110 10101 10010000 11100 1001010 10100 101110 11101 111110 10111 101010 10101 101100 10011 100110 11101 101010 10100 101010 11101 101010 11111 101010 10101 001010 10101 101010 10101 1111110 10101 101110 11100 101110 11000 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, swaying are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i'll is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase reeling connects the lines.
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- summary of Noctambule;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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