This is an analysis of the poem The Enchanted Ring that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b acXccdcdd X ededdfdff X dfdffdXdd X gdgdXgdgg b aXabbgbgg b hchccfcfX X ididdbdbb X bjXjjaXaa X dkdkklkll e cmcmmbmbX b knkneXndd X fffffdfdX X ggggggggX X mamaagagX X jdjddiXiX X dgdggXggX X ogoggegXe X gcgccecXe X dkdkkXkdd X Xbdppfbff X cfcffnfnn X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,1,9,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010101 1 1111010101 1111010101 0111010110 0111010111 1101110101 1101110101 10110010011 11001010101 010101000101 1 0100010111 1111000101 1111010110 0111000101 0101010111 1101010111 1001010111 10110010101 111101010101 1 1111010001 1100111101 0101100111 0101011001 1111010101 1111001101 1101010101 11010100101 110110111101 1 1111010111 1111011101 1011010101 1111110011 0101010110 1100010001 1111110111 1111110101 111101011101 1 1101110101 1111111101 1101010101 1010110101 1101101111 111101111 1011010101 1001101111 1101001010101 1 1101010101 1101100101 11010010101 1101010101 01010011111 1001110101 0101101111 1101111101 1111111111110 1 1101010101 1101110101 1101110111 0111010101 0101110011 1101010101 1101010101 1001110111 110111010011 1 1100111111 1111011111 0100011111 1101110101 1111111101 110101101 11011101010 1101010111 110101010101 1 0101010001 1100010111 0101000101 1111110101 01010110111 1101010101 1101110101 1111110101 1101011001001 1 1100111101 0101110101 0111010111 0111010101 0111111111 1101011101 1111100111 1101110101 110101011111 1 0100010101 11001101001 01010100101 1111101101 1101001101 01111101100 01110100111 1101011111 110111011111 1 1111110111 1111011111 1101110111 1111111111 0111110101 1101110001 1101111101 1101110101 110101010011 1 1101110111 1111111111 1101011111 1101010101 1100011111 0101110111 0111110101 1111001101 110111011111 1 101110101 1111011101 1100010001 110101111 1111010101 1100011001 0111110111 1101110101 1001110101010 1 11000110001 111010001 00010100111 1001011101 1111110101 1101110111 1111010101 1111011101 110101011101 1 11111100101 1111010111 1101110111 0111011101 0011100101 0110110110 1111011001 0101111111 111111010101 1 01110001011 1111111111 100001010101 0101010101 1111010101 0011011101 1111011101 11011011100 1111100110101 1 01110110101 11010100101 01010101001 1111010011 0111011101 0100110111 1101011101 01010001010 110101011101 1 1101110101 1111110111 1010110101 1011010011 1111011111 1101100110 1101010101 1101011111 111100010001 1 11110111100 1111010101 1111010111 1101101100 0111100110 0101110011 1101111101 1101011111 1101110100101 1 11001100101 01010010101 1101010101 010101111001 1100010111 1101110101 1111110101 1101010111 1101010100111 1 1001010101 0101010101 1001110111 01001010101 1111010101 1111010101 0101010101 0111110001 1101010111110 1 1101110001 1101010111 1101010111 1101010001 11110011101 01010100101 1101110111 11001010101 1111001110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 47
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 231
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, nothing, thou, and, i, he, of, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words outworn, then, a are repeated.

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  • summary of The Enchanted Ring;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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