This is an analysis of My Lady Nightingale by Jean Blewett.

I heard you singing in the grove,
My Lady Nightingale;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XAXa bcXc Xdbd XAXa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11110001 110100 01010101 110111 01011101 111101 11010101 110101 11010101 010101 01011101 010000 11111101 110100 110010111 110111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

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