This is an analysis of the poem The Little Bells Of Sevilla that begins with:

The ladies of Sevilla go forth to take the air,
They loop their lace mantillas, a red rose in their hair;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeffXaabb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0100010110101 1111100011011 0101100110101 11010100111001 0101000110101 0100010111101 1111100111111 11110101010101 1101000100011 01011000101001 0111100111111 11110101110011 01010000101101 0100010010101 1101010010001 110101011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • 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; tinkle, their are repeated.

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  • summary of The Little Bells Of Sevilla;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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