This is an analysis of the poem The Bear that begins with:

The bear puts both arms around the tree above her
And draws it down as if it were a lover...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbffgghhiijjjddhhhkkkkkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 34,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 011110101010 11011000010 10100010101 1101101001 0111010101 1100110001 011101100010 111101111010 10111010101 10010011001 0111010111 0101110111 1111011001 1111010101 0101010101 1101111101 0111110001 0101111001 1101010101 1100010101 1001010101 1011010101 1100111101 1101010101 0111010001 1111010101 0101110101 1111010111 1111110101 1101010011 101001000101 1101110101 01010100010 110101110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1430
  • Average number of words per stanza: 272
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, her, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the, at are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines greek is repeated).

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  • summary of The Bear;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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