This is an analysis of the poem To The Chapel Bell that begins with:
"Lo I, the man who erst the Muse did ask
Her deepest notes to swell the Patriot's meeds,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme:
- Stanza lengths (in strings):
- Closest metre:
- Сlosest rhyme:
- Сlosest stanza type:
- Guessed form:
- Metre:
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words for, or, and are repeated.
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- summary of To The Chapel Bell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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