This is an analysis of the poem Sometime At A Concert Hall, In Recollection... that begins with:

Sometime at a concert hall, in recollection,
A Brahms intermezzo will wound me-I'll start,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abac Xded efgf cgbg eXgg cXXg XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111010101010 01100001111 010110010010 01101001011 010110011110 01001111101 011010111010 01001001001 111111010010 10100001001 110110010010 11111001001 010110010110 01011001001 111010010010 11001001001 111111010010 01011001001 011010011011 01010001101 110010010110 01001011001 110010110110 01111011111 1100010011000 01001101011 110011011011 01001011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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