This is an analysis of the poem The Reward Of Song that begins with:

_Why do we make our music?_
Oh, blind dark strings reply:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXded ccXcXfXf ebgbXheh geieXbgb Xiiiecac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111110 111101 01110011 1010011 11110010 111101 111110110 101011101 111000111 0011111 1110110011 1110111 101011010 0100101 11001111 1011001 01001110 0101111 11011111 0100111 111111010 1100101 110010010 01011001 101110010 010110010 111011010 110011110 11111110 1110101 1111011 111101 11001110 110111 111010011 1111001 111101010 11110101 110010110 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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