This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Violin that begins with:

SHE stood in the curtains played over by light —
The tinted curtains — a tired, sweet girl,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdCddedXfdfXcdCdgXgXghXheXeXcdCd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11001011011 0101001011 01001101001 111001001001 1101111111 011100101 00011111001 1111111101 111011101 1110101001 11100101011 1111111111 1010100111 11100100101 1110100101 10010010110 1100110101 10111101 00011111001 110100101 110101101 110110110010 1101011101 111010111010 110111101 01011001001 11111111011 01111001001 111001011001 11001001101 111001101001 101111101101 11011101011 01011101001 00011111001 1101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1605
  • Average number of words per stanza: 319
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; i, she, and, ', her, on are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Song Of The Violin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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