This is an analysis of the poem Bonds that begins with:

Briggs
Joseph Briggs, of Yorkshire, England, blessed country of Freetrade,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXcddc aeeaddeabbaffb accXXXc ghhgXah biibddi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,14,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10101010110010 101010101110011 1 100010101010100 1110101001010101 10101010 11101110 1010101010011101 1 101011111110100 101010101010100 1 11101110 11111110 1011101101111110 1 101111100010101 101010101010101 1 10100110 11111110 10110101010011 1 10111110101011 1010101010101001 1 1111110 11101010 001011100010001 1 111110101010101 111010101011101 1 10101110 10101110 101010101010011 1 101110100010101 101110111110101 1 10111110 10111110 111111101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; us, of are repeated.

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  • summary of Bonds;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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