This is an analysis of the poem Bingo that begins with:

The daughter of the village Maire
Is very fresh and very fair,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaXbbXXcdeeX Aadaadffgffg AahiihjXXjjd AadXcXffgffg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 01011101 0100100 11011101 11111111 11010 11010110 0111000101 11110 01010100 11111110 11010 01000101 11010111 00110 11011101 11110001 11010 11011111 11110101 01010 11110101 01110101 11110 01000101 01110101 11110 11110101 11000101 11110 111100001 01000110 1110100 11011101 11011111 11010 01000101 11011011 11010 11110110 11111101 110011 11110101 01000011 11110 10010101 01001110 11110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Bingo;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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