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

The good Bellaires
Do not understand the conduct of this world's affairs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcXaXAdabeXXfXgghXXifiaXjXe XAahaXX XXXcdjXeXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,7,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100 1110101000101 0111010110 111101010 11011011011 10001 0100001011010 110010010000100 1001101 10010011101011 01 11101111 111011001011 11101100100 00110 111110010 111101000110 1001 10100011101001 101 0100100 11101101110 01001 10101010010 01001001 1010 1010100101 01101000 11001001010 100100100111 1101101100 1001101 1010111 01001111010 110010 00101101000100 0 10000110 01111110 01001110 1100101 11011 01010 110 1110110100001 100100 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 525
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to, for are repeated.

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

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

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

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