Strength
purity
flexibility
The rhyme scheme and stanza pattern of "A Musical Instrument" mimics the appearance of a pan flute.
The rhyme scheme is ABACCB, and each stanza is made up of six lines. Each stanza is very similar to the shape of a pan flute, which is a group of pipes (or reeds) of increasing length. Thus, the rhyme scheme and stanza pattern make the poem into a pan flute.
It could also be said that each stanza is very similar to the flow of a river, as there is a constant flow throughout the poem. Pan makes his instrument from the reeds by the river.
Distract you from reading the book so you don’t get the full concept of the book
Examples of symbols in the story include roads, which are metaphors for life paths and choices and the symbols provided by the descriptions of nature in the poem which are metaphors for the times in people's lives (specifically when they are making large life choices).
These figurative nature of the roads and the descriptions of the natural world in the setting allow the reader of the poem to infer that the poem is not "actually" about roads in the woods, but about the ways that our choice of life path can affect things.
