This is an analysis of the poem Sister Rosa: A Ballad that begins with:
I.
The death-bell beats!--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcddc Xeeaaaaffa Xgghgh XiiiiX ajjdjjd aiicic Xcchch XjhjjX XggaccX bggjddj akkkaak Xaagccg Xlljlj Xkkfccf Xmjmj Xjcjjc XhihhX Xjcjjc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,6,6,7,6,6,6,7,7,7,7,6,7,5,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 0111 01001 01001001 10111 101101 11100101 1 101101 101001 11100101 101001 111101 100101 1110010 1011110 001101001 1 111001 1110101 0100111 10100111011 111001001 1 10110111101 10111101 10001 10101 111011011 1 101101 10111 11100101 111101 11101 1010101 1 101001 101101 111011001 1011110101 101111101 1 111001 101001 001001011 1110100101 11111001 1 1010111101 1010111 0100111101 011011001001 110110010 1 1101 0111 1110101 10011 101111 111101 1 111101 101101 101101001 1010101 1001101 111001001 1 101111 101011 1110101 101101 001111 11110111 1 11111 101101 11011001 11011 111101 110001101 1 101111 10111 11111001 011110101 10101101 1 1011001 00101 1111010010 101101 101011 11010010 1 11010101 101001001 11101111001 100101 1 1010010111 11001101 001101111101 10101110111 1110101 1 10111101001 111011011 110111101 1111101 0111110 1 10100101001 11011111 1010101001 110111001 01111001
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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