This is an analysis of the poem The Forest Rangers that begins with:
Red is the arch of the nightmare sky,
Red are the mountains beneath,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdXeccDE afaf cdXeggDE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,4,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100111 1101001 110101111 1011011 011011 10110110 1111001101 1011010 101110100100 100100000100 11010010 110011 111100101 0100101 110101101 1011001 011011 00010110 101110111 10010010 100110100101 1001011000101 11010010 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; red, it, of, you, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words red, fight are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, you are repeated).
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- summary of The Forest Rangers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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