This is an analysis of the poem The Red Flower that begins with:

In the pleasant time of Pentecost,
By the little river Kyll,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaba Xcdcef dgbghg bghgeg bbdbhb bfbfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010101 1010101 110010101 1100110 101001101 111111 111110101 0010111 1010100101 110111 01010101 1101010 110100101 110101 11111101 10101001 11111101 11111101 111110101 1101001 111010101 1011101 1111100101 0101111 111000101 1010111 1011100101 010101 110100101 10100101 1100100111 11101010 1100100101 001000010 1011001001 101001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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  • summary of The Red Flower;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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