This is an analysis of the poem Ripley that begins with:
Rich in red honors, that upon him lie
As lightly as the Summer dews... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb adad efef dgdg hihi jkjk dldlXkjkj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1011010111 11010101 1111010101 010101 1100011101 010101010 0100111101 11001010 11010100001 11010101 1101001101 100101 1110010111 11110101 1011010101 0100101 1111110101 11010111 11010010001 110101 1101010001 01010101 1101110101 1001001 1101010101 11110001 1111011011 110111 0100111101 111001101 1111011111 111101 1101011111 01000101 11010100111 010111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 36
- 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; and, thy are repeated.
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- summary of Ripley;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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