This is an analysis of the poem Heroes that begins with:
In rich Virginian woods,
The scarlet creeper reddens over graves,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXaa bcacba deaaea abbabb aXXadf agdaga hegheg ggiggi ajbajb hgbhgb fakfak XhaihaXebaeba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010101 0101010101 01010110001 01010101000 0101010101 0101001 110101 1011000111 0101110001 1110010111 01010010101 110101 111111 0101000101001 0100010101 0101110101 01011010101 0101001 101111 1111000101 0101010111 10110010101 1101010101 010111 111101 1011010100 1101010110 01001101100 00101000100 101101 111111 11010011101 1001010101 10010000111 1100010101 111101 010101 0101010011 1111010010 0101010101 1111110101 1100011 110101 1101110001 1101110100 0111110001 1111011101 101100 101101 1101011101 1011010101 1100010101 10011001101 110101 110001 1011010001 0101010111 110101101 1101110001 100111 110101 110100111000 1111010101 0011010101 11001110111 110111 110111 0101011101 1101011101 1101010100 1101110101 110011 010101 1001011111 0111011101 1101001101 0011001101 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, their, and, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, or, as are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Heroes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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