This is an analysis of the poem Broken Song that begins with:
Kasinath the new young singer fills the hall with sound:
The seven notes dance in his throat like seven tame birds....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdebaafbgbgX hibcgbaiai hgXgaX aiaXgbdX bbXiiddc idbf ajjkjbdbebkaaXhb daiabaabaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,6,8,8,4,16,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1000111010101 0101100111011 01001110110101 01110011010011 1110110111001 0100100010110101 1001110111101 10100101011110111 01111111100011 1101010111001 111011010101011 0111110101101 11111101101 101010101100110 110101001001101101 10101100101 011101000100110 111011100001 0111011001101 01101011111 11111010111101 11010001000100001 1101101001110101 11011011101010001 100110110101101 1011001010101 110100111110 110111100001111 011111011001 1101100110111110 110111110101 100010100110101 1101000010100101 101011110111010 01001010100101 010101001010011101 101100010100101101 101011001111 0100110101100101 100111111011 10010101010111 11011000101001 1101110011101101 0111001110010111 011100110110011 10010100001001001 101111011001001 011101010101001 0111011011011 11111101011010001 100100011111001 110111010101 011010011101101 110110010011101 01101011100101 011001101100001 1010010011101001 11000111010011 010010010010100101 11010010111 011101101100001 11100100111110101 010111011001001 11110101101011 11110100100101 0111111101101 101011101111 1111111110001 0111001010010111 1110001001111111111 010011110111001111 111001010101001 10111101111001001 10110101111010001 100010011011001001 11011110011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; songs, and, in, of, he, tune, to, his, some, only are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words some, the, his, only are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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