This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Bell. (From The German) that begins with:
Bell! thou soundest merrily,
When the bridal party ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AaXabc AbcXXc XXdXXd aeebXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110100 101010 00111 1110100 111010 10101 1110100 101110 11101 1110100 101010 10111 11111 11101 111101 1111100 1011100 11101 111010 111010 10111 101010 101110 100001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; thou is repeated.
The author used the same word bell at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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