This is an analysis of the poem Startled Are Those Robbers that begins with:

Startled are those robbers,
That had came to thieve....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXba abXb AXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110 11101 11011101 10100101101 101010 11010111 1101110 0111000011 101110 10111010 111010010 101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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 Startled Are Those Robbers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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