This is an analysis of the poem Up In Attic that begins with:
I'm dragging with this melodic symphony...
Hit by timpanis, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXXB CC dAXXB CC efedfggg XX B Xfb BBBb Xb XXd XXaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,5,2,8,2,1,3,4,2,3,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000010100 11100 11 11111010 11 11 1 01000010100 11100 11 11111010 11 11 1111011 011110111 1111001 10111101 1100110 010011001 100 10 11100 11 11111010 1 100101 110101010 0100010 0100010 0100010 10100010 1011101111 1010 10 1111101 011 11111101 101101 10 111010010 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; gonna, i'm, be, ecstatic are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words oh, i'm are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines babe, ecstatic are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ecstatic at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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