This is an analysis of the poem O, Thee, The Crowned Flutist that begins with:

1. Puzzled ! I wonder, royal Flutist,
Thou brusheth off the strains of ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXA bXabCA defXghCA ghiaibgjCA dkaXbXCA e dXjjcckkCA kjldjCA gcbXaXCA glXgjbCA XdgillCA fgkXdCA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,8,10,8,1,10,7,8,8,8,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101010 1101010 101101001 110110 110001101 010111010 110101011 11001001 10101101 110110 11011000101 1101 111111011 010110001100 0100101010 10110011 10101101 110110 101011 111 111011 111010110 11101 10100101 1100110 001 10101101 110110 10111010 11001 0101011 01011 0010101 100111 11101101 110110 110 1111111 011111 110001111111111001 11001 1100101 1 11111 0010 10101101 110110 1101011010 1001001 1010010 110101101 1011 11101101 110110 11101100 0111 1111010001 111010 110101 01000101101 11101101 110110 110111010 1101010 11011 1010110 111011011 110101 11101101 110110 11010101001101 11111 101100111001 01011101 1001111010 1101101001010 11101101 110110 11001001 10111111 010011101 010101100 101000101 11101101 110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines say, together are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word flutist at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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