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

A legend of the fuchsia.
Clasping her close in his strong young arms,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbbdeX ceXXbXfa gaeaabeb egeghdbX fXgadXca XcfccbhX heXebaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100010 100100111 1011101 111110101 0011101 010011101 1101111 111011100 0100101 110101101 1111101 010111101 1110101 010111101 0011101 111010111 0100101 001010111 1011101 110101111 1100101 101001101 1110101 101111101 0011111 011110111 1011101 110111101 0010101 1100101111 1110101 1110111011 1101101 110110101 110011110 111110101 0010101 111101111 0100101 011110101 0110101 110110101 0111111 1110100111 00101001 101011111 1111101 11011100101 11001010 101010111 10101001 101111101 0100101 110010010 1110101 0010111111 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 57
  • 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 are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Rose Hartwick Thorpe