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

Softly, in the dusk, a woman is singing to me;
Taking me back down the vista of years, till I see... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd XXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1000101001001 1011101000111 0110100010001001001 1100111001011111 010110010010001 0111101011001 00111101101011 11001010010001011 110011010010010 001101010000010 0101001111101 1001001011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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  • summary of Piano;
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  • history of its creation;
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