This is an analysis of the poem Street Music that begins with:

There's a band in the street, there's a band in the street.
It will play you a tune for a penny— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabBXaXabB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001101001 0011011010 001101101101 111110110 1010110101 010100111 1010101111 10111010 1010110101 101101110 1010110101 010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 515
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, tune, and, music's are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

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  • summary of Street Music;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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