This is an analysis of the poem The Ready Artists that begins with:

The green is in the meadow and the blue is in the sky,
And all of Nature's artists have their colors handy by;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabbbb ccddee ffgggg Aahhii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01000111010001 11010101110101 001110111011101 101011101010001 111010101111101 01010101010111 1010001010101010 101000101010001 101011101011101 111000100010101 111011100110011 1010101010010110 101010101011111 01010100010101 101110101010101 101011101110101 101011100110001 01000101110111 01000111010001 01010101010101 111010101010101 1010011101010101 111010101010101 101000101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 61 (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; and, with, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Ready Artists;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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