This is an analysis of the poem The Bombardment that begins with:
Slowly, without force, the rain drops into the city. It stops a moment
on the carved head of Saint John, then slides on again, slipping and... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefcg XhiiibjXXXig aXXkeeagXglhag jbXfig hamXgekdXjaaa Xdhig fhhehh fbh Xaccmlg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,14,6,13,5,6,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 100110110001001010 10110111110110110 100110100011000011 1100011101000101 1101011101010101001 101101011011001010 10001010110010011 10101101 010111101010100100 0100000111110010 10001001010100001110 10110001111100101 01001000100101001 10100001110110 010101110101101 11011111010011 0110110101110110 10001001110110001 110101101101001 0101010111 01010101011011101 010111001001001001 011011010101110 1011101110101001 1101111010100010111 10110010011101100101 11101110001101010 101110010101101 011011110101011 01101010001011000011 110100101001010101 01111110100001 1110111011001 1111001011 0111001110010111 01110111111001110 1110110101110011 111001001011010 1111010111101 10111 0111111101010 10010101110101010 1010111010100101010 1001011110010101010 0101110100110101 1010100111010111 01010010101101001 10110110101101 010100110001100110 1010011101001111 010111100101010001 1100101001000101101 11 1001000110101000101 100100110100001101 10101101011010 0110101110010111 111 01010000110111001010 100100111001010101 10010101010101 1011111111001101 01010100110111110 0101 0110111101010010 10010100101101101 0101 0111010100100111 010010101110010 111011000101111 110110101101100010 11010101010101101 010100101001011101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 529
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 81
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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; it, on, and, boom, ', his, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, boom are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word boom at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Bombardment;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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