This is an analysis of the poem The Bastille: A Vision that begins with:

I.
"Drear cell! along whose lonely bounds,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccbdede X dffdgagX X hXbbggbb X bXhbgdgd a biibhghg a jjkkbbXc X aggabbbX X eccebebe X bbbbaaee X dXhdcgcg j bffbcXcc a XellhXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101011101 100011 110101 11010101 01110101 110111 11010101 111000001 1 1001000101 110101 110101 11101101 10111111 110111 10111101 110111110 1 100111001 110110 1101001 11010101 01010101 11110101 11010101 11010101 1 101101101 111110 110111 11010101 11110101101 111101 111010101 11111101 1 101111101 010101 010101 11010101 01110011 011101 01111111 11011111 1 100101101 111101 010111 11110101 01110111 11111111 11110110 11111101 1 101010101 110101 110101 11110101 100101010 11111101 111111010 010101010 1 1010010101 011101 110101 11010001 10110101 01010001 11010101 11110101 1 110100101 1111001 100101 11010001 01010101 110000101 11000101 11010101 1 100110101 1101110 010001 10110101 01000101 01010111 11010101 11110101 1 11011101 010101 011101 11000101 11101101 11001110 11010111 11110111 1 100001101 010101 111101 11010101 11110101 11011101 01110101 1101010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 24
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 119
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; where, thy are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, what, 'tis are repeated.

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  • summary of The Bastille: A Vision;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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