This is an analysis of the poem The Junior High School Band Concert that begins with:
When our semi-conductor
Raised his baton, we sat there...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaaaXbcb bXbaababba aacXcXaacb aXbbbbXaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010 1011111 1011100 1110010 0110010 10101110 11010101 110101 1010111 1111110 1101101 10101100 010111 11111110 11011010 111111 110001010 1100101 10100101 01101110 11110110 01001010 011111 10101010 1000111 1101101 0110110 1011110 110110 1110101 101111010 1101100 110011 1111 0110011 1100111 10100110 111110 010010110 101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, some are repeated.
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- summary of The Junior High School Band Concert;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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