This is an analysis of the poem Bubble-Blowing that begins with:

FROM the pipe-end off it glides,
Many hued appearing;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababacXXdXdB abaXabaXabaX XeXefXfegbgB fefXgcgXhXhb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0011101 101010 1010101 101010 011101 1010010 1111111 111010 1111011 111100 101101 101010 1010101 101010 1110111 101100 1111111 101010 1000111 100100 11100101 101010 1100101 101010 101111 101110 101101 111010 1010101 101010 111111 101010 1010111 111010 111111 101010 11101 101110 1010101 1010100 1111111 101010 1010111 111010 1111101 111110 0110101 101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; and, ', seek are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word blow is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word dancing at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases merry, seek connect the lines.

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