This is an analysis of the poem Nuptial Night that begins with:
Hush! and again the chatter of the starling
Athwart the lawn!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcdXeaeXdcXXfafbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010100010 0101 11111101110 0001 1001001 1001001010 100111 1001001001 11010101010 0111 01010111110 1101 10101 10011101101 1001001 1111101101 11011100100 1111 11110101010 1101 111001 1001001001 110101 1001011011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 831
- Average number of words per stanza: 151
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases dawn, dream connect the lines.
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