This is an analysis of the poem Dumb-Bells that begins with:
DUMB-BELLS left, dumb-bells right,
Swing them hard, grip them tight!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddaaee bcffbb aaggbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 101101 1011001 11110101 1011101 11010111 111111 1011101 1111011 101101 1011111 1010101 111111 111111 1011101 01010001 11110011 111100111 110111 1111101 1111101 1010101 11111101 10100111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, dumb, bells are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thirty, dumb are repeated.
The author used the same word dumb at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- idea of the verse;
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