This is an analysis of the poem The Doom Of Ys that begins with:
DO you hear the bell? 'Tis a silver chime
But it ringeth not in the bourne of time.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa bb cc dd ee ff ff gg dd hh aa ii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110110101 1010100101 0010100111 101110111 11010111 11011101 1011110111 01100110111 01011101 110110111 1011101 010010001 1110111101 10110110 0110101101 010011011 100110101 100100101 11010111 101101001 10011100 011111100 1110110111 01100110111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 82
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, cursed, it are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Doom Of Ys;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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