This is an analysis of the poem Black Bonnet that begins with:
A day of seeming innocence,
A glorious sun and sky, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaXaX cdcXebeb bfbfgaga heheiaia fcfcgjgj klklikik mbmbjfjf gbgbaiai ejejfafa akakigig fkfkbibi dadagfff hjhjnhnX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010100 0100111 11011101 110101 01011111 010111 01110100 110101 01010111 110111 11010111 11110010 01000111 111101 11110101 110001 01000111 111101 01111101 010111 11111111 110111 11011100 010111 11010111 110000 11110101 011011 01001111 010101 100111111 111101 11110111 110001 111100101 110111 11010101 111111 01010111 110101 11010000101 110111 10010111 110101 11011101 111101 11011101 111101 11010001 110111 11010111 110011 11010101 110101 11010101 010111 11100101 111111 01011101 111101 11010100 110111 11110101 110001 11011101 010101 11010111 110101 01010101 110101 11011001 011101 11011101 1101001 11111101 110101 11011111 010101 01011101 111101 00010111 0101011 110101001 01001001 11101111 110101 01110101 011101 11010101 110111 11010101 110101 01010111 110101 11111001 001101 01111101 110101 01010001 010101 11010111 111001 11011001 11010010
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 107
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; come, and, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, by, the, and are repeated.
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- summary of Black Bonnet;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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