This is an analysis of the poem The Bell From Europe that begins with:

The tower bell in the Tenth Street Church
Rang out nostalgia for the refugee...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabca dXedef cbXbdebXddcfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010100111 1101010100 11010111 11010100 110100110100 1001110101 110101 11110101 11110101001 10010101 110111010101 10111111 0101000101 010010001 0111110111 100101 01010101 111101 00001110111 00110101010100 1101101101 0101100001011 101001101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Bell From Europe;
  • central theme;
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