This is an analysis of the poem M. Degas Teaches Art &Amp; Science At Durfee Intermediate School--Detroit, 1942 that begins with:

He made a line on the blackboard,
one bold stroke from right to left...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXdefaeeaeXabXdbgebdfcXaahXeXacacXXhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011 1110101 0100010111 0110111111 011001011100 00100110 10101001 010110011 10111001010 011010010 1101011 011101011 010111110 1101001000 010101100101 101111011 00011001000 1010010010 1011100101 0100101010 1010101010 101011111 011101010 10011010 01111101 01101110 10001110 00111101 10111010 10000101 10101110 101101 101011 00110101 1100100010 11010001010 0101010010 1111111 01111011 10111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1419
  • Average number of words per stanza: 243
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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