This is an analysis of the poem The Fool Rings His Bells (MOTLEY) that begins with:

Come, Death, I'd have a word with thee;
And thou, poor Innocency; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccb deedffgg fcfceegX ghghiXiejaeajX cckkggfff eeajajeeecicfcff gllgddeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,8,14,9,16,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1111000 11010101 1101 011101 1101 110111 101011 1101 111111 11110111 011111 1111001001 1111 1111 111101 11011101 010101 10110101 0111 01110111 101000 1111 11010100 1011 11011 011101110 1001100 11001010 111111 010101 1111 110101 1111 111101 1101011 1101101101 11111101 11111111011 1010101 11110111 010101 1011110111 10111001 1011 110111 00111 101010111 11111101 0101111 10110 111101 110011 1101 110111 110110 1101 1101 011111 10101 0101101 1111 111101 110111 11001 110100 0101 1111 101101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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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  • summary of The Fool Rings His Bells (MOTLEY);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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