This is an analysis of the poem Red Riding Hood that begins with:
Many are the deceivers:
The suburban matron, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcdefghdbaijiikelgmgnonoipogXepkbagbmfqXlqhgbkgdirfbnghhnhaaglgjancsgaggditkagbimdhbgXddddhphnpalcgdtdlhmfllebXdXXhdtjjjdrddasdXeoabehXsjaXdXhdhfiiaabiikaaijitbbdpmneeaj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 171,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010100 001010 10001010 1011111001 1001111011 1101001 10010110100 100111111 101001010 0111011 00101001101 1100010010 1101110 1101101 1010 11001010 011011 11101 0110110010 10011 110 1111011 10100 011010101101 10010 11111 1000110 1111 10101011 110110010100 1111111001 0101 01110 10101 110101101 1111010 1011110 0110100111 1010110 0010011011 0100011010 11010010100 0101001100100 1101 11011001010 1011101101 01010001111 1111 101011110 11011 01010101100 01110 10101011 00111 0111010 1010101 10101110010 11010010 01111110 10110 111101 110101111 010011011 0010101011 111000101111 01010101101 111101010 1111010101 1011111001 1100100110 10000101011 010010010 1101001 110111011 01110111 11111001010 10101011 101 1101010 01101 010010 111010110 00010 111101101 11010110 1001111110010 010101001 011111011 1011111101 111110101 11011011 100100011 01101010 0100111 0100110 01111 111 101001010 1011 101011001 111101 1010011 1101101 0110111 10111100 101110110 1111110 11010011 1010111 0010100101 1110101 01101110 1010110 00111 110011010 011001010 11110110 1010 111101 011011101 11101 111101011 1101001 001010 1101 1101110 00100101 11011 011100101 111011111 1111101 010011011 1011011011 10101111 101000011 1110110110 111101110 01001110110 11101 1000111 10 01101011 0101010 11111110 1100111 101110 1101011 100101110 0111010110 111011011010 010101010010 01010111 110111010 10100100010 11101 1101111 011010111 00101111010 0111111 11110101010 1111111011 1110111011 10001011101 0101011011101 1110111010111 110100 1010110 01101 1101 01101 11101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 5604
- Average number of words per stanza: 1028
- Amount of lines: 171
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; her, as, and, i, red, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words letting, and, a, it, where's are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines other is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of Red Riding Hood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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