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

The village bells are ringing,
And merrily they chime;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbcdcDececcdCDAfAfcdCD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101110 110011 01010010 110101 0101110 010111 0101010 010101 1101110 110111 0101010 010111 1101010 110111 1101010 010101 0101110 111111 01010010 0100111 1101010 110101 1101010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 640
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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