This is an analysis of the poem The Opening Of The Piano that begins with:

IN the little southern parlor of tbe house you may have seen
With the gambrel-roof, and the gable looking westward to the green,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeeX ccXd ddcX ffgg ddfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010100111111 0010110101010001 101010110010101 101010101110001 1111010010101 101010101010101 101011101110101 0010101010101001 101011100010001 101110101010101 101011100010101 10101010001101010 101111101010101 111001010110111 0010101000101001 110000100010101 11001110111101 11001100001101001 10010101100111 1100111001010010 1010010101101 1011010101101 100101011101 10010101110101 110100000010101 1000100100010101 1111101010100111 1000100101111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, open, it are repeated.

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

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