This is an analysis of the poem Philomela that begins with:

The Nightingale, as soon as April bringeth
Unto her rested sense a perfect waking,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXXXaXBXX cXcXadda XBXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001111010 10010100110 11111011010 11010101110 1100100 0101100 1101100 11011010010 11010111110 11010101010 11101110 11011111100 01111101010 11011011110 011100101010 11000100110 1111010 1010101 1110011 11001111110 11010111110 11010101010 11101110 11011111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).

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  • summary of Philomela;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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