This is an analysis of the poem The Ribbon that begins with:
Those were the days of doubt. How clear
It all comes back! This ribbon, see?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacacaddeeeeeXeffghXhghXiijijikikllbeXebeceXbfefefefXXajdjXjdiibmbmbmbiiebeXeceXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 82,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010111 01110101 11111101 11110100 11110111 11101100 010011 01110110 11110100 10010111 11011101 01111111 011101001 11011101 11011101 110111 10010111 11111111 11110111 01111101 11010101 11011101 01010111 11110001 001101 11010001 11011100 11110001 10111101 01001011 01110111 01000101 01011101 011101 11010011 11111011 110101000 10010101 01101000 00011101 11011111 11010011 10110100 011111 11110110 11110111 10111111 10010111 11011101 10111101 00111111 01011111 111101 10111111 011101101 10111111 11111101 01010110 11011101 01111101 11110111 010000 01010111 11010101 11011101 11111101 01111111 11111111 01100101 01111101 100101 11011101 11001111 01010111 11011111 11010111 11000100 01100101 11110100 111101 101111110 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2715
- Average number of words per stanza: 551
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, she, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Ribbon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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