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

Once, I remember, when we were at home
I had come into church, and waited late, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba bcbcaX Xdcddedfgegf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011011 1110011101 1101000101 0111011111 1011100101 1111111101 110111011 10111111011 1100110111 0111111101 11011111100 10111101010 010110111 11011100110 00111101010 1111110101 101101111110 1001110111 10110101101 1111110011 1111 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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