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

Ruined and ill—a man of two score;
Pretty and guileless—a girl of three....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b c d b a e f e X X b X c fXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101101011 101100101 1011110110 01110010101 110111001001 0111101111 1110101110111 110110100101 1111010111 101100101110 1111000101111 11110110101 11101010111 1111011001 010101001111 01001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 46
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

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

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