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

Bohemia, o'er thy unatlassed borders
How many cross, with half-reluctant feet, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababX cdcdd ebebb fgfggXfefee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0100101100010 1101010101 10110101010 0101110111 1101010010000 01111101110 1101100101 11010100010 010001101 1010010011 11111101010 110001101101 11010100110 0101010111 1111010100 11111111010 11001010111 11111101010 0101010100 1101110101 11111111010 0101011101 11111011010 0100110101 1111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, no, we, to are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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