This is an analysis of the poem Green Ribands that begins with:
There's a word i' the winds o' mornin',
There's a song i' the standin' corn,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXA bcac Xbbb bbXb debe daXA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101110 10110101 111111110 011111 1101110 111111 11010111 111111 1101011 10101 1101110 010101 1111011 10101 1101110 011101 111011 111111 1110101 10101 11010101 110111 11111110 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; my is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there's, they, my are repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Green Ribands;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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