This is an analysis of the poem Riding High On Your Horse that begins with:

What are you doing...
Riding high on your horse....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab XX abcbd XcXdX eXXX fgfgbcXeX h hbeXXXfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,5,5,4,9,1,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 101111 111001100 11010010000 1100111011 110010 1101111 010010 1001101101 11 11100111 111010101 1101100101 110101010 1 01 111011 011111011001 1011 11011111 01011101 011000101 11111 11100101100 111110001 11101011110 1111111110 1101010101100 1110101 1101111011 01011110 111110 0110111000 111 1110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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