This is an analysis of the poem Curtain that begins with:

the final curtain on one of the longest running
musicals ever, some people claim to have...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdeaafcbfeXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011001010 10010110101 10101101 110101010111010 10110100 101 111101100100 11101111101 010010011 101 11100110 10101010101 11010111001 11001101000 10011 11011100 101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 564
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines have is repeated).

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  • summary of Curtain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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