This is an analysis of the poem The Old Cow Bell that begins with:
Bossy, it 's spring, you '11 soon be free,
Six months of gladness are yours, I hope ; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aba bccc d e f ef a a ad d ed efffD c g X cgeeeXD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,1,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,2,5,1,1,1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010111101 110101111 1101100101 1110101111 111101011 110111111 111110111 111011 01011101 100011111011 11011101 011010101 010110101 110100111 101011101 011 010100111 1110101 1100100101 10100101 1111101101 111101111 110010101 0011 1011011001 11010101 011001 111001101 11101001001 11110111 010110101 1101101001 0011
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 70
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, many are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words but, the are repeated.
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- summary of The Old Cow Bell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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