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

Some days I catch a rhythm, almost a song
in my own breath. I'm alone here...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaXadXXefghdicfXXijghcaXigfffhfhdkeXcXadgfaXadXbcegXeXkhhgegefgdjefhed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 73,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110101101 01110011 010111001 010110111 11110010110 101010001010 101100010100 10010101110010 1111110010101 01101110101000 01110101011 111101111 11111001111 1111101101 1011110111 1110011011011 1011110011011 01011111 1100011111 111011110101 0011110001101 01111110011 111110101001 11110111010 0100010011 00101001001100 1100101010011 11010111101 01111110011 01011011001 111001101001 11111111 1000011101010 0111011 0101010101 0111000111010 010110101011 11001100101010 100010101001010 11101100111 11111011010 01010010110 11010111111 0111011111 01111010110 01000100110 1010101111 111111110 1010111101 101110001010 001111000101 0101011111 0101111001 01010101110 1101011111000 1101111010 011010101001 1001011011 1111000101 11001111100 110110111 10110110010 1011110111 101111111 11100110011 1101010010101 101010101010 11111001111 10110100101 10110100111 10110010111 1001000011010 0111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3273
  • Average number of words per stanza: 598
  • Amount of lines: 73
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, part, this, word, maybe are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, to, maybe are repeated.

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

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