This is an analysis of the poem Harpo Marx that begins with:

Harpo Marx, your hands white-feathered the harp—
the only words you ever spoke were sound....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbaaXXcccXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011111001 0101110101 010111011001 11011011010 0110101101 1111100111 01111110101 1111101111 10111011101 110100111110 111111101101 1101001100101 0101001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, wheel are repeated.

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

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