This is an analysis of the poem Brain Music that begins with:

Everything was exactly the way it had always been:
the limos waiting at the hotel in the square, the boutiques,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXddefb eXXff agXa cXeg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110100101110 010101001001001 10010011000101 10101000100001 100100010101 1010100100110 0101101110101 1010101010010 1101010 101101101001 001011011010010 11001110110 101111011010010 1110101 10101001010101010 1010011011111100 1100101010000 001010001101 1010101011 01111010101 0110110110 101100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (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; of, as, in are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Brain Music;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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