This is an analysis of the poem Man Listening To Disc that begins with:

This is not bad --
ambling along 44th Street...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcc dXbXc daefa Xegfb cXdXd hXgaX cfcgX hfbdX gXidgXidgce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0011 1000111 010101100 01010101100 0111 10101011 101101 010100011 10100101 10100010011 01111 10111001 01000101 111011100 0011011101 0101011001 0111010101 0010101 100011010 10111000101 01001001 1111001001 1100101 0101111001010 11100101 01001111010 110110101 101000101 1100111010010 101001111100 1111101100100 001000110 0100111101010 10101101000101 11110111 01010110011 10101010 0011001 110111011 101011101 1010011100 01101000 01100101 0101111 1011000101 0101101 010111 010010 001111 0010001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.

    The author used the same word this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

  • summary of Man Listening To Disc;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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