This is an analysis of the poem My Bay'Nit that begins with:
When first I left Blighty they gave me a bay'nit
And told me it 'ad to be smothered wiv gore;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabacdcD eXXD cfXfgXgD XXdD XebehdhD iiXD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,4,8,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110111010 11101001011 110110010010 11111101001 110011011110 10001001101 111111011110 101111001 11111 111111 111001 101111001 110010110010 11001001011 1100100101010 11011111001 1101110010011 000111101100 110110010111 101111001 111111 111100 111101 101111001 010111010110 11101011001 010110111010 11101001001 111111111010 01011011001 1110110011010 101111001 111101 111001 111001 101111001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, for, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of My Bay'Nit;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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