This is an analysis of the poem The Strange Music that begins with:
Other loves may sink and settle, other loves may loose and slack,
But I wander like a minstrel with a harp upon my back,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd bbee XXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 101111101011111 111010100010111 101011101110111 111010111110101 0110101011111011 011010101111111 101011101110111 101011111011101 111111001110111 1010101010010111 101010101010101 101110101011101 110111001100101 101000101010101 110110101111011 101110111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, my, your, that, as, something, to, but are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
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- summary of The Strange Music;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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