This is an analysis of the poem Flower-De-Luce: The Bells Of Lynn. Heard At Nahant that begins with:
O curfew of the setting sun! O Bells of Lynn!
O requiem of the dying day! O Bells of Lynn! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa ba Xa Xa ba Xa Xa Xa Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001011101 1100001011101 0011001101010 111001011101 1101010101011 1011111111101 01010011101010 1011001011101 10010101001010 101101111101 0101111001010 1011001111101 110100110110010 111111011101 10010010111000 110101011101 11010110110010 110111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; of, o, bells, lynn, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words o, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines lynn is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word lynn at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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