This is an analysis of the poem Scherzando that begins with:
Down through the ancient Strand
The spirit of October, mild and boon... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbab ddceXabbbbXffggaahhXigghigaajbjbkkcc ggbbgkekeXklaieialkkgekgkbcagmckamk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,36,35,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110101 0100010111 1100101 01010101 11011100101 10110100101 1011110101 11011100101 1011100101 10011101 10010100010 01110011 1001010001 1011010101 11001011101 111101100111 11001010101 11001000101 10010100111 11001 0011011111 10110101 110001 111101 01011010101 00010100 01010110101 110110101001 01001100101 1011010001 11100011111 11011100011 1101001111 1101010101 1101010001 1111010101 1111 1001110111 10110001 1001010111 1001000111 1100010110 111111 110101 1100011111 0101010111 0101 010100101 1111010101 1001010001 1001111 010100 11010101 0001011101 1111010101 01010000101 110101 11010010001 1111010001 01011100101 01010101010 10110101010 0011001 1001010101 010011010010 0111010101 01010010111 1101010101 01010110111 11110101 0101010001 10110001010 1101010101 011111 0101110111 01010101110 1100011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1001
- Average number of words per stanza: 178
- Amount of lines: 77
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, golden are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase calls connects the lines.
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- summary of Scherzando;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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