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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