This is an analysis of the poem The Making Of Viola that begins with:

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THE FATHER OF HEAVEN.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a BBbBcdcc X BXeXcdcc X Bdfdcdcc X Bbbbcdcc a BXXXcdcc a BDXDcdcc bGgGcdcc X XXXXdcX X hhhcacc f eeec Xccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,8,1,7,1,7,1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010010 110101 1110101 110101 1011010 10 11100 111010 1 010010 111000 1010101 111000 1011010 10 110100 1011010 1 010010 1110101 1110101 110101 1010010 10 11100 1011010 1 010010 1010101 1010101 1010101 10010010 10 11100 1010010 1 010010 11100 0010101 11100 1011010 10 110100 1011010 1 010010 110011 1010100 110011 1010010 10 1010100 1011010 11100101010010 1011101 1011101 1011101 0010010 10 1010100 110010 1 1010110 1010101 1010110 100110 10 101100 101010 1 101101 1010101 101101 1011010 101011 1111110 1011010 1 11101 1101101 10011001 1110010 1111111 1110010 1110100 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 87
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; spin, for, eyes, your are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words spin, weave, bear, whence are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase spin connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Making Of Viola;
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