This is an analysis of the poem In Bohemia that begins with:

I'D rather live in Bohemia than in any other land;
For only there are the values true, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccaaddaaaaeeffaagg ahhcciiaaggbbggggggggaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101001001010101 110110101 1010100111 0100101111 1101111101 110100101 101001001101 110100101 010011111 010100001 00111100101 11110111 0100101001 010100101 01001001001 01001001001 01001111001 0100100111 0100101001 10100110101 0100110101 1101001001100101 1111001001 111110101 11010101 0110100101 01001110101 010110111 0101101111 1110111111 00101001001 10101000101 1010011101 01000100101 010100101 10100100101 01011001011 001001001001 0101001001 1010100101 1010100101 101011001001 1111010010110100101 11101001001010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 953
  • Average number of words per stanza: 181
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; in, and, with, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, no, its, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word i'd at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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