This is an analysis of the poem The Bridge Builder that begins with:
OF old the Winds came romping down,
Oh, wild and free were they!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb Xded beXe daXa fcfc ggXg baXa abab Xfaf fhghXacgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011101 111101 11010101 110101 11011111 1101001 11010111 110101 10110111 110101 100100100 110101 11011101 110101 100101111 010101 01010111 101111 11110111 110101 11010101 100101 01011101 110101 01000101 110101 01111101 110101 01011101 110111 11011101 111111 11010101 111101 01111101 010001 01010101 110101 11011101 110101 11011101 010101 11010001 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 44
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase they connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Bridge Builder;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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