This is an analysis of the poem Real Singing that begins with:

You can talk about your music, and your operatic airs,
And your phonographic record that Caruso's tenor bears; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011101110101 111000011100101 110010101110111 101010101110101 101010101010101 11010101110101 101001101010111 111000101110111 101010100010011 001001100110101 11110010111011 1001010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (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; and, your, their are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word sing at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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