This is an analysis of the poem I Know The Music that begins with:

All sounds have been as music to my listening:
Pacific lamentations of slow bells,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dbdb dbXX Xb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011001100 0101000011 010111110100 1001011111 1011010101 11011001101 0101000101 1010010101 1001011101 01001000111 100101001001 01001011101 00101000101 1010001 01010 11001101001 1001000111 110011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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

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