This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Sardine that begins with:
A fat man sat in an orchestra stall and his cheeks were wet with tears,
As he gazed at the primadonna tall, whom he hadn't seen in years....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbcccX ddaaXXeeXbcbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110110011010101 11110100011110100 10111000110110010100 110111010110101 11111111110111 1110101110100111 1111101010111101 111001010111100110 01111001101111111 010010111111101 111111011101101 11001011010110111 11110101111101 11110111110101 11011101110101 01110100111101 10 11010111110101 11100011110011 10010111010111 11101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, he, and, so, that, i, you, of, your, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Song Of The Sardine;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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