This is an analysis of the poem Riding that begins with:

FILL up, fill up the stirrup-cup!
The wine is running free:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabacdcdeeXebfdfggfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 010101 011000111 110101 010101010 10101 111111010 111101 1111010 010101 11010101 010111 01010101 100101 11010101 110101 1101010 010101 11000111 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 653
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; and is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Riding;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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