This is an analysis of the poem In Bohemia that begins with:
Ha! My dear! I'm back again--
Vendor of Bohemia's wares!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXXd dedebbdd fafaggdd dbdXaadd bXhXhXdd bXbcbbdd ijijggdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 1001001 1110101 1011101 1110101 1111101 1110100 1110111 00100111 1000101 1011101 1001101 1010101 1110101 1010101 1010111 1011111 1110001 1110101 1110111 0111110 10110101 1111111 1110111 1111111 1110111 11100101 10110111 1010100 1001111 1010101 0110111 1011100 0110111 1010101 1111100 1110101 1111011 1110111 0010111 1111101 1010100 1110101 0011111 1110101 0110001 1010101 1010111 1011111 0011101 1010111 1010111 1010110 1011101 1110111 1011111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; your, my, and, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines dear is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word dear at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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