This is an analysis of the poem My Bonnet Of Blue that begins with:
My bonnet of blue, my bonnet of blue,
Its gossamer fineness I'll sing to you;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabbAa ccddAa ddeeAa ccaaAaXddccAa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1100111001 01001001101 10100100101 111100101 1100111001 1110101101 011101101 0101001001 110111111 1101111011 1100111001 1111111101 1101101111 01101011111 10111101101 11001101011 1100111001 1101101011 111100111 111100111 110100101 110111111 1100111001 1110111101 1101111011 01101011101 11001111001 1111101101 1100111001 111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, bonnet, i, blue are repeated.
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- summary of My Bonnet Of Blue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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