This is an analysis of the poem De Bell Of St. Michel that begins with:

Go 'way, go 'way, don't ring no more, ole bell of Saint Michel,
For if you do, I can't stay here, you know dat very well,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb ccaa XXXa XXdd aaXb bXaa Xaaa Xbaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111110110 10111111111101 11011111111101 01111101011101 11011111011101 11011100110101 11011110110101 11111101011110 01011101110100 11110101110101 1111111110100 11110111010110 10111101110101 01111111011001 11110101110111 11010110011111 111001110011 11111101110101 11110101110101 11111110111101 11111111011101 111011110111100 01010111110111 11011011010110 01010111111101 11010111110101 11110111010110 01110110110101 1101111110101 11110101111101 11110101110110 11111101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, de, she are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words michel, bell at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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