This is an analysis of the poem Song's End that begins with:

THE CHIME of a bell of gold
That flutters across the air, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaabb cdceddXccccec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100101 1100101 01001001 01001101 00100111 00111101 10111011 11101001 0110101 1110100 1110101 0111011 11101001 0111011 1100101 1111111 1111110 11111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; of, and are repeated.

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

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