This is an analysis of the poem Broken Bells that begins with:

O BELLS, you suffer not your gods to die;
You draw us by our hearts into your churches....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdeXX eXffgbga bdcXXbX X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,8,7,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111011101 11111100110 11110001001 1111111001 0101110 11111111110 1011111100 11110101110 01010111001 01001101110 01001101110100 110111010010 11110101 0111111101 111001 110010101001 1101110101 0111010101 111111111111 10111011101 1101010111 0101001101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, of, you are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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