This is an analysis of the poem Bacchanalia that begins with:
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The evening comes, the fields are still.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbcccddcceeffddggbhdhdcgegXiXi ijejfdiD cehEkdkddldX bbcceeebbmmmeennaaffnnXjaXbhdhdcfefddddcdbD cejEmnfnjeXeXdgdjldlbbmm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,30,8,12,43,24,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01010111 01000101 01110101 01000111 10010101 01010101 11010101 01000101 01111001 10010101 10010101 11110001 10011001 01010111 00110101 11010101 11000111 01010101 0101011100100110 01001 1001100 01101 101111 1001 1101101 10011 10110 1001 1110 10011 110101 10011 101101 1001 100101 1011 101101 1011 101111 1011 101101 1011 110101 1111 111101 1111 011111 1001 110101 1101000 01010101 01111101 01010011 01010111 01010111 01010101 01010101 01010111 01010101 00101101 10011001 01010111 10010101 11111111 01010111 00111101 10010101 00110011 110011011 00110111 101111101 110010101 101101101 01110101 11010001 01110000 11100101 01010101000000110 01001 100110 101011 1101001 1001 1000101 1011 11110 1011 10110 1011 110101 1011 101111 1011 101111 1111 101101 1011 1001101 1011 110111 1101 11110 1101 10110 1011 10110 1001 10111 1001 111101 10001 110101 1101 1001110101 01010111 11011111 11011101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 578
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 118
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; in, their, not, famous, new, thy, like are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, fill, shepherd, forth, whatever are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase fill connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Bacchanalia;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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