This is an analysis of Ring Out , Wild Bells by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cccc deed fggf hffh dbbd fddXXadda
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 11110011 01010101 01010001 11111111 11011001 11010101 01010111 11011001 11011101 11111111 11010111 10010111 11010101 11010101 10010101 01010101 11010101 01010001 11111101 11010100 11110111 01010101 10010111 10010100 11110101 110100101 11010101 10010001 10010111 01010101 11010001 10011000
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 8
  • Lines: 32

Repeated words/phrases

wild, ring, out, in, and, of

Anaphora

the, ring