This is an analysis of the poem When The Bear Comes Back Again that begins with:

Oh, the scene is wide an’ dreary an’ the sun is settin’ red,
An’ the grey-black sky of winter’s comin’ closer overhead.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbbbbaaaaa ccddDdd eeddDdd aaffXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101010101 101110101010101 101010100011101 101000101111101 1111101 1110111 1110111011100101 11101110111101 1001110111010101 101011100011111 101110101111101 1111101 1111101 001010101111101 111110111110101 111111111110111 111110111111001 111011111111101 1011101 1110101 1001011101011101 1111101011111010 0111101010110010 111010111001 111011111111101 1011101 1110101 101110111111001 1011101110011111 011011101110101 101110100011111 111011111110111 11101110 1110111 111110111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 478
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; can, he, s, behind, him, they, when, again, for, to, comes, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, he, when, where are repeated.

    The author used the same word oh at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines go, behind, again, least are repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of When The Bear Comes Back Again;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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