This is an analysis of the poem Upon The Skilfull Player Of An Instrument that begins with:
He that can play well on an instrument,
Will take the ear, and captivate the mind... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd X eXeXfbfbedXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111100 0101110101 0111011001 10011000111 1011110111 1101010101 0011110100 1111110111 0100 1011110011 1101010100 1101011101 0101011101 0110011111 11001101001 1101010111 1011110101 1110110111 1001010101 1011010100 1111010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; doth is repeated.
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