This is an analysis of the poem The Music-Lesson that begins with:

A thrush alit on a young-leaved spray,
And, lightly clinging, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacca deedbbd fXXfggf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110101101 11010 010010 1010011111 10101 1111 101100101 1010100111 11010 101010 0111011011 01001 11011 10101001101 11001001011 01110 01110 01101001001 110110 111010 1001001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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

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