This is an analysis of the poem The Mission Bells Of Monteray that begins with:
O BELLS that rang, O bells that sang
Above the martyrs' wilderness, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcDC efefcdc cccXcDC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 01010100 101100111 01010111 11110101 11011001 11010101 11111111 01010101 111101101 11000101 01110101 11011101 11010101 11111111 11110101 100101001 10011100 10010101 11011001 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; that, bells, o, ye, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, ye, not are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word monterey at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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