This is an analysis of the poem Murray's Ride that begins with:

I seldom get to hatin' men, nor had much cause to hate;
To me, it just a foolish game to play, at any rate.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc XXdd eeff bbaX bbgg gghh iihX Xhaa iigg aaXX Xffbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101111101 01010101011101 101011011010001 01011101011111 11010101011101 00111101010111 11111101110101 01110101010101 11011101110110 11011101010101 11111101111111 1011001111101101 01110001110101 111000111010101 11011111011011 01010101010101 01110101011101 11010011111101 11000111110111 110011111110111 11110011010101 11010101111101 11010101111001 110001001111111 11110101111101 01010111111111 11111111110101 11011001111111 11010101111001 11010101010111 10110111110101 11111101100111 11111111110110 11011101111101 11000111110101 11010101111101 11110101100101 01110101111101 11110101111101 011111001110101 11011111111111 11111111111101 11110101111101 11110111111101 11010101110111 010100101111101 01010101110111 11111101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 51
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, he, an', i, him, ' are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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  • summary of Murray's Ride;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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