This is an analysis of the poem Robin Hood that begins with:
To A Friend
NO! those days are gone away,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbccddeedd ffccggfX hhiiaahhccXecc hXXXeejjddkkddll mmhXhhhhaahhbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,8,14,16,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001 1111101 11101111 1110101 1001101 110100 1011101 1011101 1010001 001010010 11111110 1010111 1010111 10001001 1011101 1011101 1110101 0110101 1010101 1010101 1110111 10101011 10101011 1110101 1011101 1010101 1011101 1110101 1101101 0110100 1010101 1110101 1001101 1010101 1010100 1011011 10000110 1110111 1010101 1000101 1010011 1010101 1111111 1111101 1010111 11010101 1111011 11001110 10101110 1001111 1000111 1000101 1000110 1000101 1000101 1001101 1011101 1001101 1000101 1001100 1010111 1111101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 63
- 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:
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, you, or, gone, would, honour, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, or, gone, honour are repeated.
The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines more, you are repeated).
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- summary of Robin Hood;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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