This is an analysis of the poem The Magic Bark that begins with:
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O freedom! power of life and light! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcdabcdabefgbefg X hefihefijkhajkha X lefjlefjkeiekeie X gmgfgmgfkgXbkggb a fnobfnobXoblbobl a gollgollmofomofX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,1,16,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1 110100111 1101110 11010101 1100101 100011101 1111010 01010101 1011101 01010111 0101110 01001101 010011 01110101 0101010 01000101 1001101 1 11000101 1111010 01010101 0100101 110100101 0101010 11010101 010101 11010101 1111110 110111001 0100101 11011101 0101010 01010111 110101 1 11010101 1101010 11010101 010101 11011101 0101010 11010101 011001 010101001 01001010 110101001 011101 11010101 1101010 01010101 0101001 1 11110101 0111010 01010101 010101 110101001 1101010 1111001001 10001001 11110101 01010010 11110101 0100111 110001101 11010010 010100101 0111001 1 01011111 0101110 010111110 1001101 11011101 1101010 110101010 110101 100010110 01110010 01110111 01001001 01100111 1101010 111101001 1101001 1 110101001 1101110 01010111 011101 010111001 0101110 010111001 110101 01110101 0111010 11010101 01010010 11010101 0101110 110010101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 107
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, my, to, and, should are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, to, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Magic Bark;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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- critical appreciation.
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