This is an analysis of the poem Five Bells that begins with:

Time that is moved by little fidget wheels
Is not my time, the flood that does not flow. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabda eafgf Xehiggj gai aideajkeadalXXA fkmgngXjkaajkaekgeoggemmA koaXjXjmjgkjXmjgnaaX nfjeeahjmglkenk bblbjjbnjjXkmieojjnhg mejaaXjcaeA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,7,3,15,25,20,15,21,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101110101 0111011111 0101010101 00110010101 0011110101 1111011011 0111110111 1101010001 1001011111 1011000111110 10110100101 001011111010 1111011111 11001000101 100111101 1100010001 1101110101 1111010101 1011010101 111011111011 0100011101 1101010111 1111010001 1101010001 11011101011 1101110101 10010100011 1101110101 1001011111 1111101101 1111010111 1101110101 1111111101 0101110100 11001000100 10010100 11 1110111010 1011010001 01110100011 1111110111 1011110101 1111011101 0111011001 1101110111 0101010101 1101111001 1111011101 1111011111 1111111101 1100110101 1101010111 1011111101 110111110101 1111110101 0101010101 1001010101 1111001101 1101111111 11001010101 11111111 11 010110111 11011101001 1011000101 1011010011 11010101001 1111110101 0101000101 1101110011 110001111101 0101111011 1011010101 11110101111 101001111 1100100100101 11010101101 00011111 11010101 1101110101 1100101001 110010111000 01010101001 0101011110 1100110101 1101010111 1101010001 1101010011 1101110111 1111001111 0101110101 1111011100 1101010100 1101000101 11110100100 1111110101 11001011101 1111010101 0101110101 1101011100 1100011111 11110111001 0101010101 01110011101 1111111101 1111010111 1100111111 11110101010 1101101110 0111111101 1011000101 0101110111 1111111111 1111111111 01111101101 1101111101 1111110111 1101111111 111110001 1101011101 11110011101 0011110101 11110111010 101101100101 1101111111 1011010101 0101010111 111110101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 567
  • Average number of words per stanza: 103
  • Amount of lines: 129
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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, of, from, and, you, over, could, i, bells are repeated.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines girls, you are repeated).

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

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  • summary of Five Bells;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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