This is an analysis of the poem The Old Tune that begins with:
THIRTY-SIXTH VARIATION
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc dcdc acac ecec cfcf gfgf hXhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1011010 01011111 0101010 11010101 0101010 110101001 0111010 11010101 0111010 01011111 0101010 11110101 0101010 11000111 0111010 11110101 1101010 11011101 1101010 11010101 1111110 01010111 1111010 10110101 1101010 11111111 1101110 11010001 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Old Tune;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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