This is an analysis of the poem Accordion that begins with:
Some carol of the banjo, to its measure keeping time;
Of viol or of lute some make a song....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efeXgdgd hgXgeeee icichdhd ahahifif jdjdjejeXhhe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11000110010101 011011101 11010100110001 1011110011 11011101010011 1101010101 11010101010101 0111011101 11100110010001 00101010001 01110101010101 1100110100 11100111011101 1111010101 111101000110101 00111010001 11100101010111 10101010001 11100100010100 10101010001 01010101010101 1100110001 11010010110101 1101010101 11010100010101 0101000111 11110000011101 1010101001 0010101000101001 0101010101 11001111011111 1111010101 111111101110101 0101110101 101000101010111 10100010101 101010101010001 10101010101 101100111010001 11111010101 111010101111001 10110001001 11010101111111 11011000101 11010101111111 0101010001 10010100010001 1110011101 11111111 11101011 00101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
- Average number of words per stanza: 69
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (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; of, to, i've, you, in, and, from, you're, you've, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you've, i've, from, you're are repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word hell at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Accordion;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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