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

Hither, from thirsty day
And stifling labour and the street's hot glare,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbbcb deecdccdXffgg accchiXijjhcckeefkccf kbXkbfkklclc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,21,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100101 11001110111 011101 01011101001 1001010101 11010100101 1011001101 0101010101 1001010101 1111110101 0101001101 011111 1001110101 101010101001 01001101 0101010011 1100110101 1100001101 010001 01010101010 01010101010 11010010101 01001001101 10001010101 0011010101 1001111101 1101110101 01010011000 1001110101 0111001101 1101011101 0101010101 1101110101 01001000101 0101110111 1101011111 1101011011 1100111101 0101110101 11010001001 10010010111 0101010001 1101000101 0011010101 10010010010 00101010101 1101000101 0101011101 1001010111 1000101 110010011 0110110111 11110011101 1111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 561
  • Average number of words per stanza: 93
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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 is repeated.

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

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