This is an analysis of the poem The Master Of The Dance that begins with:

A chant to which it is intended a group of children shall dance and improvise pantomime led by their dancing-teacher.
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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcdceefeeghgeifiijijhjijfkhkbbfbbdjdhbibXclciflfgfmfffXfnbbbgfaf X bjojelplmfjfqflfaqgqfjijgiaiihghbfifojgXXbibjfXfnabaiepelfofheae X lqjXabibjbfbjiqifmimekgk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,64,1,64,1,24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010100010010101111011011111010 01011 101111 11101 111101 11001 111011 11101 111011 01101 11001 11101 101101 11101 111101 01001 101001 01011 011001 01111 101011 11111 111001 11101 0110001 01011 111001 01001 111001 11011 001101 11011 001101 01001 11001 11101 101101 11101 111101 10001 111001 01101 101101 11101 101011 01011 101011 11101 111001 01011 10101 001001 101001 101111 11011 1010010 01001 11101 011011 11001 101001 111010 01101 110110 10001 1 11001 011101 111011 101001 11001 011011 111011 1110001 11111 1011001 01111 001001 01011 101111 010110 11101 110010 111001 01011 101101 11101 101001 110011 11101 11111 011001 010010 11001 11111 001001 010010 01001 01011 11111 11011 011011 11011 111011 11101 111010 101001 011101 01001 111101 11001 101011 11001 101011 11001 1101010 111110 011010 01111 001001 01001 101001 111111 11001 01001 101001 001001 001001 0010010 01101 1 11011 111011 01001 101010 010010 111001 11111 101011 01011 001001 101101 101101 11011 111001 110110 01001 01001 11001 111110 01011 11010 111011 110010 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 117
  • Amount of lines: 158
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, her, o are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, a, or, then, and, the, our, o, to are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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