Melody In A Restaurant by Conrad Potter Aiken: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Melody In A Restaurant that begins with:

The cigarette smoke loops and slides above us,
Dipping and swirling as the waiter passes. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdc befgf hXgdg ebbbbeabbiiXhhbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011111011 10110101010 1101110101 0101001011010 11011100101 01001111010 11110001010 11101101001 010111101001 0111011111 1101011101 10010111110 000101100101 11110101010 0101011111 11101101010 11010011010 101101101001 11110101011 01110011101 11111111010 11111101110 1011101 11110111101 010011 1101111101 1101011101 110111 110101001 11110111010 11001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and, you, to, who, down are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, what are repeated.

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