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

I have been urged by earnest violins
And drunk their mellow sorrows to the slake... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbbbb cdcdaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101110001 1111010001 0111011101 1111010111 1111110111 10110101110 1001000101 011111001110 110101001011 11111100111 1111011111 1100111111 11110001001 1111100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; my, i, and are repeated.

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

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

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

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

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