This is an analysis of the poem The Massacre Of The Bards that begins with:
The sunlight from the sky is swept,
But, over Snowdon's summit kept,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaaab ccdeeed ffdfffX aadgggd dXhfffh ffafffa aafXiif ffaiiia ffdaaadXffifffi
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100101 11010101 110111 11011101 11000101 11110101 110101 11010101 11010001 111101 11010101 11010101 11010101 010101 11011111 11010101 1111110 11100101 11011101 11010101 0100100 11110111 11010111 011111 11110101 11010011 01010101 110101 11010101 111101100 1101001 11110101 11010101 101110111 010111 11011111 01010101 011101 11110101 11110101 110110001 010101 10111101 11010111 1100101 110100111 01111101 11110101 111101 11010101 11010101 0100111 110101011 110101101 11010001 110101 110010101 10010101 1100101 11000101 11110101 11010101 010101 11011101 11110101 100101 10010111 101100111 110010101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- 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; day is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word when is repeated.
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- summary of The Massacre Of The Bards;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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