This is an analysis of the poem Red Riding-Hood that begins with:
Sweet little myth of the nursery story--
Earliest love of mine infantile breast,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dbdbcc aeaecc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010010010 1001011001 01010010110 0001011101 1001011010 1111011101 10110010010 1001001101 10010010110 1001001001 1001001111 1001001101 11010010010 1001011001 11110110110 101111101 1011001001 1011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Red Riding-Hood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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