This is an analysis of the poem The Blue Bell that begins with:

The blue bell is the sweetest flower
That waves in summer air;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede fdfd gfgf hihi ieie fgfg jhjh didi hihXXefef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001010 110101 0101010010 011101 10010101 110101 010010101 110011 01110101 110101 010111101 010101 11010101 11011 11011101 010101 01110111 011101 010000101 111101 11110101 110101 11111111 010101 111101111 010101 01011101 111011 00011101 0101001 011101001 0101001 11110111 0111001 10010111 1100111 111111010 110101 010111110 110101 01010111 100101 11011101 010100 11111111 10101001 11101101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Blue Bell;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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