This is an analysis of the poem The Everyday Enchantment Of Music that begins with:

A rough sound was polished until it became
a smoother sound, which was polished until...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXXabcdeXXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111001001 0101111001 00110 101011001 0010100001010 11001100101 1011100101 00100110101 001010 1100111101011 110110110010 10100100110101 111101110100 1011010100011010 101011110 10010010110111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 725
  • Average number of words per stanza: 134
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; polished, until, of, in, and, would are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Everyday Enchantment Of Music;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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