This is an analysis of the poem Crimson Changes People that begins with:
DID I see a crucifix in your eyes
and nails and Roman soldiers...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX bbca cXb aad eaXdcfe faaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,3,3,7,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110101011 1111010 101100 011100110 1001011 1111 10111 011101111 00100111 1110101 011111011 11011011 11010110 01110011101 10101110 10001111 010111110 0010101110 1010101110 10010011101 01111101010 10010010110 10011010 01101100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 831
- Average number of words per stanza: 162
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Crimson Changes People;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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