This is an analysis of the poem The Violins that begins with:
The violins weep with the Gypsies heading for Andalusia,
the violins cry for the Arabs departing Andalusia....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcXdXcbdaXeeffaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0001100101011010 0001110100101010 000111011010101 000111011111001 0001101000110 0001100101101011 000111010101011010 000110101111110110 0001101101010010 110111010001111011010101100 000110100011110 1101010001110110110100110 000110010011101001 000110010101011001 00011011110011 0001110011010111 1001110100101010 0001100101011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1142
- Average number of words per stanza: 207
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, violins, cry, and, of, me, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines andalusia, me are repeated).
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- summary of The Violins;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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