This is an analysis of the poem The Music Box that begins with:

AT six-long ere the wintry dawn-
There sounded through the silent hall ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dada acac bebe fgfg hXhh igig hchc Xfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11010101 01110101 01110101 01000100 01011101 01110101 11000111 11100101 010101001 11111101 11010101 11011111 11110100 11110101 01110001 01011111 01110101 11011101 010100101 01010111 010101001 11110011 11010101 11110101 1100101100 110110101 01010101 01000101 010110111 11010100 01010101 01010111 01011101 111110001 11011101 01010100 1101101 01011011 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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; his is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, again, his, the are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Music Box;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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