This is an analysis of the poem Musical Chairs that begins with:
People who accuse others of lieing,
When their entire lives have been based upon......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcdc ecde dabeXbe XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,7,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011001 11010110101 1 010010 1100100011 010100 11011010100 11000010100 100010 101010010010110 1101100101001 0101 111 01000101 10101 111001000110001 111110101 0101101000 01010110101 101111001 101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Musical Chairs;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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