This is an analysis of the poem Trumpet Player that begins with:
The Negro
With the trumpet at his lips...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abbcdbbc aBXefcge XBdhXBdh hegchXbc ABgifbXiidgig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 0010101 1110100 0101 10100100 011 100101 011 010 0010101 1010101 11 101001 0101 11 0101 010 0010101 010 101010 010 0010101 0100 0101010 010 1010101 10101011 001 010 1010101 101011 101 010 0010101 110 1011101 111 01110101 0101010 001 110 1011001 10 1000101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Trumpet Player;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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