This is an analysis of the poem A Book Of Music that begins with:

Coming at an end, the lovers
Are exhausted like two swimmers. Where...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaaXbbcdaeeXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 10111010 101011101 00110110110 111000100100010100 0111010101111 11 1011110111101 011 1110100101001 010 110111 111011 10101001 1101 1001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 516
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Book Of Music;
  • central theme;
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