This is an analysis of the poem The Lay Of The Bell that begins with:

Fast, in its prison-walls of earth,
Awaits the mould of baked clay....

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccbb XdddcdcXefef gbgbcchh heheicicihih ijijkkll mcmcXninbbbddkkeded kcXcokokbfbfkk icicbbccggiffi ififXpbpqpqprmmssXrcccrrmrmdddffdnniihhrrhhcnnacccXggXppj cncnppccrnjjjjffefefeeffhfhfhfffbfbXpiprrdddiXiirrbbccfiiddeddebbaakkpffrnnff ooppXdXn bhbhhhn
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,8,12,8,19,14,14,57,77,8,17,14,8,8,20,16,12,11,8,16,24,8,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010101 0101011 11111101 01110101 111001 001101 01111001011 101010101011 11110110 01010101 01110101 11100101 11110101 11111101 11110101 11011110 11011101 11010101 11010111 100110001 0010101 1010111 1010111 1010111 101001 111001 1110101101 110011111 11010101 110100101 010101011 11011101 010101010 1101101010 010101010 110100010 11010111 11011101 11011101 01010101 101001001 0010101 1011101 1011101 001101 101011 10111101011 10110011111 11010101 01011100 11010101 00110101 110111100 01011111 1101011010 01011001 11001101 11011001 10110101 1111110010 010101110 11000101 0111010101 11111101 10010101 01011111 01010101 01010101 01011001 11110110 110101 101110011 0101011 010010101 01011011 11110101 01011101 10110101 0101001 1101001111 1011001101 1010011100 10101101 011010100 1010101 11111 001011 01011001001 001101001010 111010100001 101011001001 1011010011011 100010010010 010011011010 01001101001 10101110 0010101 00111010 1011111 0110101 1010101 0010101 1010001 111010 11001 1010110 11001 010110 0011 01011 01101 01101 011100 110110 111010 11001001101 101011001001 1010011010010 011010 01011 011010 01001 001011 101011 111001 0010001 101001 01101 11001 101101 1011011010010 1010010111010 111001011011 01001001001 1010001011010 110 1010101 0011101 1011101 1010101 1010111 10100101 01101 10101010 10111110 1010111 101010101 11010101 0111100 11111111 01010101 110101 1010101 1011001 1110100 1110101 1011 101101 110110111110 11011010110010 110101010 11111101 100111111 101100101 110100101 10110111 11010111 1110111 101011 111101 101001 101001 101001 111001 101001 01001001 101101011 10001001 101010001 10001001 100101101 101001001 01101001 11111 111 00101111001 01 1010100 11101 1011010 11101 110110 011010010 101011 101101 10110100101 11101110 11101010 1010 1010 1010110110010 101001101010 101100101 0100101111 101001 01101 10100101 1010110 010110 101101101101 001101001001 001101 101011 10111001011 10111101001 101001 101 111 101101011011 0110111101 111001 100 0111 110101 00111101000 1011010101 1101 11010100001 1101010101 1101010101 011101 01001111001 11010011101 11010100100 1101110101 01011111010 1111010011 11010101 01010101 110100001 01010101 01101 101101 11011101001 111111011101 00110101 010011010 11110101 110101110 11110111 11000101 11110101 11010101 110001 0010 101 1110 011 1001110111 00111101001 001101 0011010 10110111010 01111111010 10110101 00110011 11110101 11010101 11011101 11010101 110101001 11010011 11111101 010101010 11110101 101001010 1010101 10101010 1010101 10010010 1011010 110010 101011001001 001011101001 1000101 1010101 101001110 00101110 10111110 10111010 1010101 10010101 1010101 10010101 1010101 10010101 1010101 1011110 1011101 10000101 10101010 11111100 1010101 10010101 110010 101001 1010100 11101 101011001 101001001 1100110001 11010101 11010111 10010101 10110111 100111010 110101110 11010101 01000101 01000101 01011101 110101010 110100111 110101010 11010001 10011101 11110101 10111101 01010001 11110101 11000111 01010011 10111111 11011111 10011101 10110101 110101 11 101101111 01 1011110101 1011110001 0111010101 1010101 01010101 1010111 1110101 01011 101001 11111001001 111001011001 01010101 010111010 111101001 01010101 10110101 01000101 11011001 01010101 110111110 110101010 11011101 10011111 11100101 01010101 11001101 01010111 01010101 01010111 11110101 01010101 1001000001 10110101 11110101 11010101 001011100 10010101 11111101 110011 11010101 010111001 01010101 11010101 11010101 110101010 11010001 0101010 1111010100 01110001 01110101 010101 011101001 01010101 00110101 11010101 1111111 011011 11001011011 101001011001 1010 11011101 01110100 110001010 01010111 01010111 11010101 110101010 011101010 0110001001 010100010 0100001 00010101 11110101 11111101 11010101 01010101 11010101 11010111 11010101 11111100 11010101 11010111 01000101 11111101 11110101 11111111 00110101 10101100 0011101 101010110 0010101 11011 111011 11011011101 11111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 617
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 435
  • 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; and, pure, of, to, that, they, it, no, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, whatever, that, if, the, to, when, through, it, now, man are repeated.

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

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