This is an analysis of the poem Bulb Planting Time that begins with:

Last night he said the dead were dead
And scoffed my faith to scorn;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcXaXaXdbdbeXeXXaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 111101 11110101 111111 11111101 110101 11111101 101100 11010111 111101 110011111 111101 11011101 010111 11010111 111101 01011101 110101 01010110 110001 110101110 011101 11010101 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 743
  • Average number of words per stanza: 158
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, ' are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of Bulb Planting Time;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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