This is an analysis of the poem Listen To The Fugue that begins with:
Listen to the fugue.
Listen as it interlocks, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXB CCDXE ffXbXbf AXBCCDXE gXBAgccX AXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,7,8,8,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10001 1010100 011101 01010 00101010 010101 100100 001001 1010001 110 11101 011011001 110 1010110 11010111110 10001 1010100 011101 01010 00101010 010101 100100 001001 10 1010100 011101 10001 10001 0111 1101011 01 10001 1010100 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; listen, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word listen is repeated.
The author used the same word listen at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase listen connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Listen To The Fugue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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