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

And this is the way they ring
the bells in Bedlam...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbacdeXXXcfgehfgfhXhgccabeed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000111 01010 1000110 1111110 01101010 1010010111 10111110 1110011 1101001010 1100100101 11101010 1101101 11111 111111 100011101 110100010 001001 100011101 1010101 111011001 11101100111 100101101 101011 1010010 1001111010 0111010010 111111 1111111010 11101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 930
  • Average number of words per stanza: 194
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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