This is an analysis of the poem Eight Bells that begins with:
Eight bells chimed from the fo'c'sle
Back to the chime from the poop;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcdc dXbE XXXX XebE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 1001001 11001110 0111001 01111010 0111011 11011111 100101 111011110 10111111 11011110 1101011 1001110010 0111001 01111010 0111101 101010110 1101011 101011110 1101011
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; from, and, ', more are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, a, an' are repeated.
The author used the same word ''ere's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Eight Bells;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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