This is an analysis of the poem Solo For Ear-Trumpet that begins with:

The carriage brushes through the bright
Leaves (violent jets from life to light);...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbXccddddeeeeXfggddfXXXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 110010101 11010101 010100111 010101110 110001010 111101010 011101010 110100010 110101010 00110101 01111101 01110111 11010001 11010101 110011001 11000100 11010101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11110101 00110101 01110101 11011111 11100111 11111101 01110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1006
  • Average number of words per stanza: 179
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; ' is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Solo For Ear-Trumpet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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