Analysis of Nightingales, A Sigh, A Whisper
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet 1820 (Mtsensk) – 1892 (Moscow)
Nightingales, a sigh, a whisper
In a shady nook
And the lullaby in silver
Of a lazy brook.
Light of night and midnight shadow
Falling from above
And the changing mood and magic
Of a face you love
Through dark clouds a red rose peeping
And an amber gleam,
And the kissing and the weeping
And the dawn serene!
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC DXDX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 101010 00101 0010010 10101 111011 10101 00101010 10111 11101110 01101 00100010 00101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 304 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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