This is an analysis of the poem Full Orchestra that begins with:

MY words are the poor footmen of your pride,
Of what you cry, you trumpets, each to each ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacddcceeXec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110110011 0111110101 0101110011 0101011101 1101010111 1001010101 0111000101 01010110111 1101111101 1111110101 1101111101 11110000100 0101110001 0011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 644
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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