This is an analysis of the poem The Six Bards that begins with:

Night is dull and dark,
The clouds rest on the hills; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcdbXcbebfghgcbeahcifgcfbXgddXeiddibd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 011101 1101001 111001 1101001 11011110 01001010 100101 001101001 010111 11011101 1010101 111101 00101001 0101010 01110101 010101 1101001 111101 010001001 01110101 1111001 10110101 110101 110101 1101001 01001101 111111 0101001 1101101 1101001 0111001 010110 011011 010101 110101 1101001 10101101 0110111 011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 240
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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