This is an analysis of the poem Dead Man's Run that begins with:
He rode adown the autumn wood,
A man dark-eyed and brown;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX eaea eXeX eaea bbbb bfbX fafa EXXa EXXa EXea gaga dhdhXehah
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11100101 011111 01010111 100111 11010111 110111 11011101 110111 110111011 1111011 11111011 010111 11000111 1100110 10110111 1101110 11110111 110001 11110001 110101 11111101 110111 10011111 100101 11110101 110101 01011111 111111 01011011 101101 11010101 1011101 11111111 0101010 01011111 1011111 11111111 0101010 010110111 1011101 11111111 0101010 01010101 1110101 000100101 1100101 01010101 10110101 000100101 1100111 010110101 1101111 11011111 110101 110110111 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, you, and, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, my, and, the, no are repeated.
The author used the same words 'sit, is at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word wide at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Dead Man's Run;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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