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

The wind went cold as the day went old,
And I went very sad,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa Xbcb dcec cada adad Xcdc daea XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110111 111101 11110101 111111 01111100 111111 111010101 011101 01111100 11001001 01010101 110101 11110101 110111 110110101 0010001 11011001 100101 01110001 010001 11011101 110101 1010101 111110 11110111 111101 11110101 101111 11110101 010111 111101111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; went, her, in, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, she are repeated.

    The author used the same words the, she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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