This is an analysis of the poem A Bronze Head that begins with:

HERE at right of the entrance this bronze head,
Human, superhuman, a bird's round eye,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcc dedeeff gegeeabX dbdbbhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,8,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110010011 1010100111 1011101101 1111010101 1011011111 11110010101 1000010001100 1111010111 1101000001 1011010111 1001110101 1101010010 01010111001 01110010111 110101011111 1101000111 01001010111 11001100011 10000111011 1101011111 110100101111 11 1111010100 1101011101 1011000111 1101111111 0101110001 01010011111 110111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that, had are repeated.

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

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