This is an analysis of the poem The Bard that begins with:
Where dwells the spirit of the Bard--what sky
Persuades his daring wing,--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeaedebfgghijakiakffffllcjemjemjfffjcXn nnggnddffnniideeflflf ddnnjjjjdjdjjndfnielllllleleeieiXhejfdjjdacjXmmicicfllaffeXaaeafjjd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,21,67,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101000111 010101 1001010101 11011010001 1001011100 10011100101 0101110111 01011110111 1111010101 1101001 0111001 0101010001 1011110101 11010101010 110101 110101 1101010101 111001 111101 01100011101 0111011101 010101 111101 1101001110111 01000101111101 111101 110101 1101010001 1000101 1101001 1101010001 010101 010101 11010001001 1111110101 111101 1100111 010101111011 1111010101 111101 0111000110 110111010111 111111 111101 110111 110101111101 110111 110101 110001110111 010111 010111 0101110011 011101 010111 010101 110101001111 110101 110111 1001010101 010101 110001 11010010101 111101 1100011101 1001000101 1011110101 1001010011 1111010001 01011010101 1101011111 0111000101 0101011101 10010010011 11010110001 0101011101 1111010101 1110011001 1101011101 1001010111 0111010101 1110010101 1111000101 0101010101 1111011101 1101110001 110101 01110101001 1101010101 1001000101 0101010101 11010100111 1101010111 0100110001 1101010101 1101100001 0101010111 1101010100 1101010100 1001001 0101110001 110100100101 1101010001 010101 0101000101 0101010001 11000110101 1101010011 11010111001 0101110101 1100110111 1101110100 1111101111 11000101111 1101110011 1111010101 1101011101 101100 11010010101 1001000111 0111101101 100111 11010 0110010101 1101011111 1101011001 1101010101 11010111101 1001010001 1111011011 11101101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1754
- Average number of words per stanza: 312
- Amount of lines: 131
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, of, her, with, to, their are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, how, he, his, whose, the, a are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Bard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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