This is an analysis of the poem My Father Played The Melodeon that begins with:

My father played the melodeon
Outside at our gate,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX bXXb cXXd Xaed efXf cdXe XebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100 11111 10100101 1110010 0101101001 010110 11111100010 11111110 110011110 1010010 0100101101 10101011010 01011001 1101 101011011 110100100101 111011010 1111 010010001010 0101000101 100110 100101 1111110110 00100111 11010100 110101 1110110111 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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  • summary of My Father Played The Melodeon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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