The rhyme scheme in the first stanza goes a, b, a, b. In the second stanza it all is the same c, c, c, c. And the third stanza it goes d, e, d, e. The rhythm is constant and has a regular flow, the expression of every note is on tempo and the melody is the same after every line because even though it’s not a human figure playing the instrument it has its own feeling of making the sound through the device. The meter of the poem is describing in a regular tune, that compares in a creative and expressive matter like a human musician would do. It starts with an iamb followed by an anapest. The anapestic meter of the poem gives it a song of quality, as if the reader is actually listening to the player piano. Unlike the first stanza, the last four lines portray the different sounds a piano produce’s. It can either make “jumble of rumbles” or “light like the moon”. Line 9 plays with assonance for the audience to hear, but line 10 includes the hearing of the audience plus visual effects deliberating the imagery of the poem. The tone of the poem comes off very ironic because you get the perspective from the title “Player Piano” that someone would actually play the instrument but in reality it is about a piano playing
The rhyme scheme in the first stanza goes a, b, a, b. In the second stanza it all is the same c, c, c, c. And the third stanza it goes d, e, d, e. The rhythm is constant and has a regular flow, the expression of every note is on tempo and the melody is the same after every line because even though it’s not a human figure playing the instrument it has its own feeling of making the sound through the device. The meter of the poem is describing in a regular tune, that compares in a creative and expressive matter like a human musician would do. It starts with an iamb followed by an anapest. The anapestic meter of the poem gives it a song of quality, as if the reader is actually listening to the player piano. Unlike the first stanza, the last four lines portray the different sounds a piano produce’s. It can either make “jumble of rumbles” or “light like the moon”. Line 9 plays with assonance for the audience to hear, but line 10 includes the hearing of the audience plus visual effects deliberating the imagery of the poem. The tone of the poem comes off very ironic because you get the perspective from the title “Player Piano” that someone would actually play the instrument but in reality it is about a piano playing