This is an analysis of the poem My Nora that begins with:

Beneath the gold acacia buds
My gentle Nora sits and broods,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab Xcdb eeeb fffb ccdb gggb hhhb aXXbXdcdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11010111 11010101 11010 11011001 01010100 11111101 11010 11111111 110100101 11111111 11110 11001101 111111011 11010011 01110 00110100 01010100 01111101 11110 11010101 01011111 11101101 11010 01100101 01011101 110010101 11110 01010101 01010101 01010101 11110 11010101 1101100 11111101 01110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, her, than are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, her, oh are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word nora at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of My Nora;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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