This is an analysis of the poem Room 5: The Concert Singer that begins with:

I'm one of these haphazard chaps
Who sit in cafes drinking;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd eeeeebeb fgfghihi jXjbhXhb klklbXba fmfmcbcb nlnlogog
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 1101110 01010101 1100110 11111011 0101010 11110101 0111110 11110111 1101010 11110101 1101010 11110111 0101010 11110101 1111010 11110111 1101110 11111101 1111110 11011101 0101010 11011111 1101010 01111101 0111100 01011101 0101010 11010111 0101100 01110101 0101010 10011101 1101010 11110101 1101010 10110111 1101110 11010111 0101010 11110101 1110010 10110001 1100010 11100101 0111010 01010001 0101010 11111101 111101010 01011111 110111010 11010101 010111110 11010101 110101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 258
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he, i are repeated.

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  • summary of Room 5: The Concert Singer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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