This is an analysis of the poem After Hearing A Waltz By Bartok that begins with:
But why did I kill him? Why? Why?
In the small, gilded room, near the stair?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababba bcbccb dedeed dfdXfd ghghhg didiXd jhjhhj kbkbbk lalaal imimmi djXjjd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011111 001101101 11111001 101101001 111010001 11001011 11111111 11101011 11011011 101001111 011101111 01101001 11111101 111001001 01111001 11001111 101101001 111001101 101001111 111101101 101000011 111001000 111001001 001001011 1110110101 011010101 101001111 111111010 001100011 11001011 111101001 111111001 111001001 101011111 101011011 111101011 101001011 01101101 001111001 01101010 111111101 01101101 111101101 101001101 111101001 001001001 01010101 111101001 111001001 101001001 01111001 11011111 111111101 111011001 101110011 111111011 1011111001 011001001 11011011 01101101 111111111 111111001 111101101 110001001 111101111 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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; why, his, i, of, in, and, my, one, three, two are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, of, one, and are repeated.
The author used the same word one at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases i, fear connect the lines.
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