This is an analysis of the poem The Travelling Bear that begins with:

GRASS-BLADES push up between the cobblestones
And catch the sun on their flat sides ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXaXdXaAbXadXccXXXAb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010101 11011111 1001 11100 00010101 1100101 110110 10011 010101 11101001 11110 1010110011 1001 10110110 11111010110100101 111100 0101010011 11110010 010011001 1011 101011101011 11110 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 754
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Travelling Bear;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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