A Toccata of Galuppi's
Questions: 1. What length is every stanza in the poem? What effect does this have on the poem? 2. What is the effect of rhyming triplets on the poem and why has Browning used this rhyme scheme? 3. What sentiments does the 'old music' have on the listener of the Toccata and also the reader of the poem? 4. What is the appeal of Venice as the focal point of the poem? 5. What impression do we get from the poem regarding how people of the time appreciated the music? 6. What is the speaker commenting on regarding art? 7. What effect does the trochaic meter have on the poem and why has Browning used it? 8. What effect do the speech marks and conversations have on the poem?






