This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad[e] Of The Bore that begins with:
I see him come from far,
And, sick with hopelessness, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbcdcD ababXcdXD ababbcdcD XXcddcD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 110100 011101 111111 011101 110111 110011 1101001 011001 111111 010101 110101 111101 11011 110101 111111 111100 011001 110111 010101 010111 011101 110111 010111 010101 110111 011001 10 110111 111101 110111 110011 011001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; he, of, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, of, or are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word bard at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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