This is an analysis of the poem The Bed Of The World that begins with:

The great bed of the world
arching over graves...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbbcdeX fgdegXbhbb Xffadfbh gidbbXihbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,10,8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 10101 10101 0010101 001001 10001010 01001 1100011 1001111 111101 0101101 111001 111110111 100111 101011100 101010011 00110101000010010 110001101 1001011 0111 1110110001 00101011001 1101 111010010001 01110 11111110 10111111 001001001 01110111 10010101 1101110 111 1110111111 1001111101 110101010111 11110 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; of, as, ravine, i are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Bed Of The World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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