This is an analysis of the poem Ginza Samba that begins with:

A monosyllabic European called Sax
Invents a horn, walla whirledy wah, a kind of twisted...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcXbcd adefbggh eabbXgicg iiiiggXc eXbfaiX XdihXcfXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,9,8,7,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010000101011 010110100101010 10101100100100 111001001001 100101011010 10001011100 101011 10100100 011001010 1000100010 010110101010 1000010010 1100010101 01001101 10010010 1110010011 100111 100010100 010110111 01001101 0101000100010 10100111 01100010100 101100010010 1010010010 01101010101 001000100001 01011101 110111010 01001011001 10011110 01111010100 01001110010 10000100110 0010011000100 1100010111010 10011101 1001010100101000 10110010101 10110011 01000111111 001100101000 0100011 11101010100 0101001101 101001000 1001011101100 10010101110 0110100010 110100100100 100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 320
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Ginza Samba;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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