This is an analysis of the poem How Little Red Riding Hood Came To Be Eaten that begins with:

Most worthy of praise
Were the virtuous ways... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddeffeee ggfaafhheXiejj kkkllkeedjjdmm nndaadffmmmmhh ddhcchiioddoff hhnccnmmmkkmXaXchchch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,14,14,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11001 001001 01011011 111110 110110 11011011 11001 111111 111001111 101111 101001 101111011 101001101001 111011111001 01001 111011 01011001 111110 010010 1101001 101001 111001 111111001 111001 101011 001001011 111001001111 111101011001 101001 101111 11101001 111110 110110 00001001 001001 011011 11011001 101001 101001 001101001 111011101001 111011011001 11001 11101 01011011 010110 110110 11011001 101001 101011 101001001 101101 101011 101001001 101001111001 11001011001 101001 001011 11101001 1010110 010010 01001011 001001 11001 101011001 01011 111001 11001101 101011001001 111001111011 101001 11001 11001011 110110 111110 11111101 111011 101010 01001001 11011 101001 101011011 11101001001 11011101101 010110110 11011001 110111110 11101001 0010101010 011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 388
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, and, at, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, at, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of How Little Red Riding Hood Came To Be Eaten;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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