This is an analysis of the poem Bells, Pool And Sleep that begins with:

Bells overbrim with sound
And spread from cupolas...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbc cdXdb XabdXa Xc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001 110100 110101 1010010 111110 0110010 1001001 11010000 110101 0110101 011101 1001001 10001010 0010101 111111 111111 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines water is repeated).

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  • summary of Bells, Pool And Sleep;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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