This is an analysis of the poem The Flute Resonates Today! that begins with:

The flute resonates today! The flute resonates today!
The women dance with the lord, dance, and sing as they play!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaA XbbbA accA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101010110101 0101001111111 0110101 0101001010 010000101001 100001010011 11011101001 0110101 101001010110111001 11000100100110 11100111010 01101010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; resonates, today, flute are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word today at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Flute Resonates Today!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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