This is an analysis of the poem The Ring Of Polycrates - A Ballad that begins with:
Upon his battlements he stood,
And downward gazed in joyous mood,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabXcX ddbeeX ffgbbX ggXhhg aafiiX aaaXga aagjjX hhbiiX ffdggX jjbggX bkaiXX ffkffX ggjiXj ffXffX ccjaaX bbbbXk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010011 11010101 11011101 10000101100 01011111 1011101110 110010111 11011101 11110101 10010111 11011101 110111010 10110111 01001001 01010101 101101101 10010101 111111010 101110101 01010111 1111010000 10010111 01011101 011110001 01010101 11010101 101010101 11011011 11010111 110111010 11111101 01010101 01000101 010101010 01011111 01100101 01110101 100010111 11010011 01011101 11010101 10111010100 110111001 01010101 11010100001 11010011 01110101 010100110 01010101 101110111 111001010 01000111 01001101 0100010100 101110101 01110111 010100101 11110111 11110101 111111110 101010101 10101100 11110101 01110101 11011101 110001010 100011101 10010101 01100100 11011101 10110101 111110010 11010111 101010111 01010101 10010101 010100100 10010111 100101001 01010111 01011100 101011111 110110101 110111010 01110101 110001001 11110111 100010101 11111101 110101110 01010101 101011101 11111100 01111111 111101110 11111100
- Amount of stanzas: 16
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Ring Of Polycrates - A Ballad;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
