This is an analysis of the poem The Shiv'Ring Piano, Foaming At The Mouth that begins with:

The shiv'ring piano, foaming at the mouth,
Will wrench you by its ravings, discompose you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXa XaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001010101 01110101001 1101010111 11011101010 1001110101 000101110111 1101010011 1101111101 11110111100 11010101010 0101110001 11011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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