This is an analysis of the poem Ring O' Bells that begins with:
If I might leave this harbour, if I might cross the sea,
'Tis I that know full well where a little while I'd be -...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaBBB bbbBBb cccBBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111010011101 1111111010110 1000101010001 10111 010111 10101101011111 001101001111 0010110110101 001011001011 10111 010111 10111110101111 1010010010101 11111111101 10110101010101 10111 010111 10101101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; i, an' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bells is repeated).
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- summary of Ring O' Bells;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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