00:00  (A) establishes the main recognizable theme. Notice throughout the piece how the left hand maintains the steady beat against which the right hand plays syncopations.
00:11 Second part of the first A, new melodic material
00:22  (A) -- repeat of A forecasts Joplin's involvement with form
00:33 Second part of the repeated A
00:45  (B) -- new theme demonstrates further attraction to syncopation
01:06  (B) -- repeat of the second theme
01:28 A -- reiteration of the A theme helps the ear to hold the form together, compare this to the A section above
01:50  (C) -- playing in a higher register causes the third theme to seem brighter in spite of the fact that the tempo stays firm
02:12  (C) -- repeat of the third theme
02:33  (D) -- syncopation becomes even more daring
02:55  (D) -- repeat, although notated sounds like improvisation
03:20 End
