This is an analysis of the poem Bedide The Stile that begins with:

We both walked slowly o'er the yellow grass,
Beneath the sunset sky:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc Xbcb Xded dede dfaf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110100101 010111 1111011011 111101 1111011101 110101 1100110111 110101 1111001111 111101 1111011101 011001 1100110101 011101 1110110111 011001 0111110101 111101 1111010101 111101 0111010101 111101 1101010101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Bedide The Stile;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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