This is an analysis of the poem Tarantella that begins with:

Do you remember an Inn,
Miranda?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAccdeXbbAXffaggXXcccaaeAbA EbEeeHdhhHii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101011 010 1101011 10101010 0011010 10111001100 10111001 101101001100 1001001010 1101011010 1101011 101101001100 1101010 11101010 1010101101 10111 001 001001101 001110 10 10 101010 100010001 110 101110001 1101011 010 1101011 101 010 101 100111 1101010101 11 00100111 01 001001001 11 101 00110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 512
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, do, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Tarantella;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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