This is an analysis of the poem Bartimaeus that begins with:
Mercy, O thou Son of David!
Thus blind Bartimaeus prayed;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc adadefef gagabfbf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111010 111001 1011111 1010111 10101011 1110101 10101011 1111110 10111110 1110101 11111010 1111111 10101010 1110101 11111110 1010001 11011110 1000101 10111010 1010111 11101111 1100111 10111001 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 24
- 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; he, would are repeated.
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- summary of Bartimaeus;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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