This is an analysis of the poem The Ballad Of G. R. Dibbs that begins with:

This is the story of G.R.D.,
Who went on a mission across the sea ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaa bbb ccc bbX ddd bbX eee fff ggX XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0001001 1110100101 0111101111 011110101 1111010101 1010010100 11100100101 11100110111 110100101 10010111101 11100100101 11001111010 111111101 1011110101 10101111001 1110110111 10101111001 01010111000 11100100101 1110100101 101101101001 1010101111 1010110111 1010111101 10010100101 0010111101 10110101100 1010111111 1111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; be, to, and, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same words this, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Ballad Of G. R. Dibbs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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