This is an analysis of the poem London Bridge that begins with:
“Do I hear them? Yes, I hear the children singing—and what of it?
Have you come with eyes afire to find me now and ask me that? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aaba cdedfgEg fada hiji kldlbk jh jjl elekikfjkjhc ccmafa eh jejjalanh odohfj feibi enfX ndpnpXjkjXelecmamklflbk dkeaah Xje eeefd dfbfeckfXh fjiEjj ibh aljlbafaXdcdhgig
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,4,6,2,3,12,6,2,9,6,5,4,23,6,3,5,10,6,3,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110111010101100 111010101111111 010111010101110 11011101111101 1011111010111111 111101010110101 101110001111010 11111001111100 1110111111100111 11011101010101 1110111010101010 11101010101101 111001011101010 01010111110101 1011101011111010 101001101011101 110101110101111 10110101010111 1110001101101010 111111111110101 111011010111110 101011111010111 1011101110110010 111111101011111 0111111010111010 111011111010 111 1110111011111111 11110100010001 1010111001001010 001101100111101 1101011101010010 01011111111101 0010101001111110 01011100010111 111101011111011 111011101111111 111111111101110 100000111011111 111111010111110 111111111111101 0111111101101011 101010101011001 0111101010101010 111010100011110 1011101011100110 001010111010101 1111111010101110 111010111011111 1111111011111110 001011101111 101 110111100101010 001011101110101 0111101010100110 101000111011111 110101010111111 11111111011101 1011101001110011 111010101111 101 1111101010101011 111111111110101 1111101111101111 111100101101101 1111111001101010 1010001011010101 0111101011111110 111011101111111 0111111111101110 11111101111111 1110101111101110 101111101010001 1010101100100010 111111 1110001 011011011111110 111110101011011 1111101110111111 011111101110101 101111111001110 11111000011111 011101110101110 11011111111101 111111110101010 0110111011101101 1010101010111111 1101111101011111 1011101010101110 101111100110101 1111101111111110 101011101110111 1111111010111110 111011100111001 0110101110011010 001010101010111 101101011111010 001010101010111 1111101011101011 111101111011011 010100010101010 111110100111011 1010111010111010 111110101101 011 11111101010110010 111010101010111 111111110101010 11001101110101 110011011101110 111010100010111 101111100010 1110 111110101110111 0010101010101010 1110010100011101 101111110101010 111111101110101 111111001101010 111100111101111 1110111011111010 111010101 111111 1110101011111010 111011101011011 1110111010101010 1110111010 1010 1 11110011010111010 111001 1110101010 111010100111111 1110101001101010 101110101011101 1010111011101010 101000111011101 1011101011101010 101010101110101 1111011010101010 101010111110101 1110101000101100 11110111110101 1111101111101011 11110101110111 11111110010111111 11101110001101
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 392
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 147
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, you, them, they, hear, to, if, him, m, of, me, that, there, s, have, in, read, another, it, he, children, one, would, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words do, i, that are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines children is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of London Bridge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
