This is an analysis of the poem The Bells that begins with:
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Hear the sledges with the bells-... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaXbcXbcDDaaAa X aaXccefeefaaaaaXgAXAa X aaacXhhfiiiiiifaajjjjaXgaaXgaaAXAa X aaacXfeefbbfgfgfffaaaaaaaaDDaADDaAaDXdaAaaAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,21,1,34,1,44,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1010001 101 10101001100100 11101010 0010101 1011100 10101010 0010101 10111 0010101 00100000111001 001111 111 001010100001 1 1010101 101 10101001100100 1010101 1111101 0010101 1101 1010101 00101110111 101 1010101 1010100100001 101 101 1010101 0010110 00101010 00111 001110 111 00101010001 1 1011001 101 1010101110001 0010101 1111110 1110101 111011 101 0010001000100010 0011000000111010 10101010 00100010 10101010 1101110 10100111 10111 1011101 001 1111111 1010111 10100010001 1010101 1010 1010 1010111 1010101 0010 10100 1010111 101010100010001 001 001110 111 00101010001 1 1010001 101 1010101110001 0010001 1110010 10101010011 1100111 0010111 001 10101010 11110010 101 11101010 0110101 10100110 1010101 11101110 11101110 111 1110011 11111 1 010001 1010101 0010001 1110111 10111 0010101 0010001 001 10111 0010101 0010001 00111 0010001 10111 11111 0010101 0010001 00111 0010001 001111 111 00101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 571
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 117
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; tinkle, time, bells, how, it, higher, of, tolling, they, rolls, and, knells are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, of, in, they, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines bells, fire, rolls are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases bells, rolls connect the lines.
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- summary of The Bells;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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