Chimes by Dante Gabriel Rossetti: poem analysis

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

I.
HONEY-FLOWERS to the honey-comb, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbccbbcc X ddeeddee X faddfadd X fAgHaAgH a XijjXijj a ckckckck X iiiiXigg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101000101 1010101 0101101010 10111010 0100110101 1010111 0101001010 10111010 1 0101001010 10101101 0101101010 10101110 0101001010 10100101 0101001010 101010110 1 11110101 1011111 10101011 111111 11010101 1011111 10101111 111111 1 11111101 110111 11101110 111101 100111111 110111 11101110 111101 1 10101100 00101011 10101101 0010111 1010001100 0011101 101011001 0011101 1 10100110 11000101 10100110 1010101 10100110 11000101 10100110 1010101 1 101010101 11000101 101001010 10101110 010101010 11010101 10011001010 10101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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; honey, and, love are repeated.

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

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