This is an analysis of the poem Maestro that begins with:

Why is that guy back again to play the Flute?
He was among the French Horn players, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcadaX cXcaeX XcdeceeX X ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,8,1,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010101 110101110 1100 11111001 100101 01001010100 101 1110100 1001101010 1100110 10010101 1111001 110010111 11111101100 110010 10110101010 10100 0111010 100010010 1010101010 100100011010 0110110 1011111010 1000 10101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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