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

Sweet in the leafy woods the round
Of singing birds in June;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXd Xbcbcece fgdgXaXa dhfhbbfb bfXfdhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010101 010101 11110101 011101 01100101 010101 11110101 001101 100101001 0100101 11010101 110101 11110001 1111110 110110111 11011010 11011101 011100 11010101 1100100 11010111 0011001 10011111 010101 11011111 010101 11110101 010101 11010101 010111 11010111 110101 110011101 111101 101010001 0100111 11010111 011101 11111101 100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; in is repeated.

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

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