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

My friend, the stain of the Great Dancer has penetrated my body.
I drank the cup of music, and I am hopelessly drunk....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaXXbX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011011010110 11010101111001 01011111011100110 1010011111000100 1010010101010101010 101111010101110 10100101001110010 1001110110111011101 111001101011101101010 10101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • 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; i, it are repeated.

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

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

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