This is an analysis of the poem No More Music that begins with:

The Porch was blazoned with geranium bloom;
Myrtle and jasmine meadows lit the lea;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb XXccc dedeX fbfbX bXbee dgdgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011100001001 1011011101 01110001001 100101001 110010111011 1101110100 101010101110 1101011101 11010100101 01110111101 10101111101 1101111101 11110101001 1101010101 111101011100 1111111101 1101100101 0111000101 111110110011 11111111100 0111010101 1101010110 1111111101 11111100111 1011111101 1101111101 1101010111 1101110110 1011111101 1010011001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase he connects the lines.

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  • summary of No More Music;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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