This is an analysis of the poem The Little Bell that begins with:
HOW weak is man! how changeable his mind!
His promises are naught, too oft we find;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbaadd eXddffaagg aaddddhhhh hXddii jjddffdd aaaahhkkaa iiffll aammffXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,10,10,6,8,10,6,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101110001 0100111111 1111010001 0111010001 1101011101 0101010111 0101110111 1101001101 0101110101 1111010101 1101111001 1101000101 010010101 1111011001 1111010101 1101110001 1111110001 0100010010 0101110101 1101000111 01001111101 1101011101 0101001101 01011101001 1101010110 1111110101 0101011101 0101110101 11110010101 1101010101 1011111101 0100110101 0101010101 0100111100 1001000101 1111111111 0101010101 1101110101 10011110101 11010100101 01011000101 0101000101 0101010001 1101010101 1111010001 0101010101 0101110101 1101010101 0101010101 1101110001 01010100101 0110010111 0111011101 0101000101 1101010101 0111000101 0100010101 0101110111 1101010101 1101000101 01010100101 0111010101 0111110001 0101010011 1100011111 0111110101 1001010111 0101111001 111110001110 11010111010 1001011101 11111101001 1101010101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 346
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 74
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; i, to, and, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Little Bell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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