This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Bells that begins with:

Silver-copper booming clamour,
In the belfry, bells are ringing. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXbcddcbbefbaXgdXghaiaaaahaghhgbjfbajaajaXakaahXahdcaadeXhkahaejigbXabajkXjdkjXhckddbdXddkajaaXa X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,97,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 00101110 00101110 00101010 11101010 10101011 10111010 10101010 10100011 11101010 10101010 101101010 01111110 10001010 10111010 10101010 00110010 10101110 011001110 10101010 101010100 10111010 10111010 10111010 10101110 101110010 10101010 11101010 11101010 10101110 10101010 100101001 00101010 10101110 10101011 10101011 10111010 00101110 00100010 001011010 00111010 10111010 101000100 00111100 10101010 00101110 10101010 10111010 10101110 10101010 10101010 10101010 001001110 10101010 10101010 10111010 10100010 11101010 101011000 11101010 10111010 10100011 101001010 10111010 10100010 11101010 11101010 101010110 100101010 10100110 10101010 10100110 11101010 10011010 10111110 10111010 10110010 10111010 11101110 10111110 101110000 10101010 11101010 10101010 01101010 11100110 10101010 10101010 10101110 11101010 10100010 10100010 10101010 10101111 00101010 00101010 100011000 01100010 01011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 189
  • Amount of lines: 99
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, now, like are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, with, that are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ringing is repeated).

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