This is an analysis of the poem The Master-Chord that begins with:

LIKE a musician that with flying finger
Startles the voice of some new instrument, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXabaabcXXcaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10010101010 1001011100 1111101111 10010111110 0101011001 011011010010 101000101010 1101000101 1011010101 11001010101 10011010101 00010011111 11011101110 11111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 641
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • 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.

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