This is an analysis of the poem Martha that begins with:
SEXTON! Martha's dead and gone;
Toll the bell! toll the bell!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBccB aBXXB ABddB ABeeBXABddB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010111 101101 01011101 01110101 101 10101111 101101 110011101 1011111010 101 1010111 101101 11111111 01010101 101 1010111 101101 11011101 01110101 101 1010111 101101 11010101 11011101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; toll, bell are repeated.
The author used the same word sexton at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word bell at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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