This is an analysis of the poem Thank You For Ringing That Bell that begins with:

You constantly would ask for my opinion.
And nothing that I have suggested, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc dec dcXcXc faa eeXdfaXfbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,6,3,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001111010 110111010 1101111 1000010110100 1110101 110101 01101010 101110110 11001 1010001 1110001101 10011 11101100100111 1101011010 111010 011101 110101 111110 01010011 000100111 100101001010010 111111011 0111100010 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Thank You For Ringing That Bell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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