This is an analysis of the poem Sweet Flute, Tell Us What Austerities Have You Performed? that begins with:
Sweet flute, tell us what austerities have you performed?
You play on his lips and resonate in the forests...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABB abABB cXcABB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111110001101 1110111010010 1011 1111010111101101 10101011111 1111110001101 1110111010010 1011 0110101101111 110110110 101111011 1111110001101 1110111010010 1011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 14
- 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:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word hearts at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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