This is an analysis of the poem The Music that begins with:

Blizzards have whirled all night, but the morning's clear.
Still a Sunday laziness crawls across my body,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdebfgfbXhijkXdXggjcXdalXXkkialhXamdmccjkeamXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111110101 1011100101110 101001000101 1101111001 111000101010 101010110010 01100101011 0010101001010 10100101010 11011001010 10011100110 1100111111 10101011001 010110101 0101001011 10111111 100011111 1100011010 1010111111 10110111101 1111101101 11111001001 1101011100 1000110101 10101101111 11101010111 010111111 110101001011 11000111011 10001010111 1101111101 101110101 10101011001 111010111101 110101101 1111110011 11010110101 11010101111 10101101110 0010001010101 101001001101 01000011111 10111001011 1101101111 01111110111 10101001010 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1033
  • Average number of words per stanza: 192
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; of, tock, to, and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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