This is an analysis of the poem The Beautiful Blue Danube that begins with:

They drift down the hall together;
He smiles in her lifted eyes.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacac bdbdaeae fcfcagag ababhhhh iiiifhfh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101010 1100101 11011010 0100101 11101010 1110101 11001010 1101111 101001010 1011101 101001110 011001 101101010 0100101 111110110 110101 1101110 111101 1111110 001111 00110110 0010011 01001010 010111 101001110 10100101 0011010 11101001 11101010 1010111 11001010 1100101 00101010 0100101 11001010 111111 101010110 1010101 11110110 010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Beautiful Blue Danube;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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