This is an analysis of the poem Music To Me Is Like Days that begins with:

Once played to attentive faces
music has broken its frame ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacaaaXdaedeaeaXXbfXXabggXbXhehXciifeedXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 1011001 010011110 0010001001 1101010 010001010010 01110010 01100110 00110110 0100011110 0101111 0101010 01010001 110010010 11110111 10100110 1101111 10110101 110110111 010101010 1111010011 10101101110 1001011 11011010 0101111 1110111 0111011 011011 1000 11101010 11011010 001010100100 110101010 11011101 11001011 011100001 1111001010 01001101 0101010111 001011111010 1010011010 1111010 10101011 0010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1485
  • Average number of words per stanza: 253
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; one, whudda, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words like, i, the are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase whudda connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Music To Me Is Like Days;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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