This is an analysis of the poem The Bishop And The Busman that begins with:
It was a Bishop bold,
And London was his see,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dXef eDXd bdgX baea EDXX aeaX cbgb agXg EDXX agag aaha XdbX cihi aada XdXX egfg aeieXieie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101 110101 111111101 110110 010101 110101 11011101 101101 011111 11001 11001100 010101 010111 1011111 01001111 1101010 110011 111111 01011111 110111 1010111 11001 11001100 0101010 110101 110101 11011101 111000100 111111 010111 11110101 010101 1000101 010101 11110111 011101 1010111 11001 11001100 0101010 111101 110100 01011101 110001 110111 010101 01111101 011111 111111 010111 101111101 1101110 001101 100101 01011101 110101 10001011 001100 11010101 010101 101011100 10000101 101010100100 11000111010 010101 010111 10011001 110101 010101 100111 11010101 010101 110001 1100101 11111101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, he, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word jew at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Bishop And The Busman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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