This is an analysis of the poem The Bugle that begins with:
Oh, the flute it tells of parting, and all things sweet and sad,
And the gay guitar of frolic, and song and laughter glad:...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXX bbbb ccdd XXee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 10101010111111 10101010111101 10101010010111 0101011010001 0101010111111 0101010010101 11010110101001 11010100100101 0101110111111 1101010010111 01010110100101 0111010010101 01010010111111 111010101110111 10101010010101 111110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, it, to, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
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- summary of The Bugle;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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