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

AT six o'clock of an autumn dusk
With the sky in the west a rusty red,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaaaXbab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101 0010010101 01001010010 1110101 01111111 11110011 111001011 100101001 1010111 100101011 1011100101 111011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 434
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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; bells is repeated.

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

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

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