This is an analysis of the poem Cherish Red, Love, For The Beautiful Season Is Tinged With Red! that begins with:

Cherish red, love, for the beautiful season is tinged with red!
Rosy is the glow on laughing Radha's teeth...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXA bXXA XbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101110100100101 10001110101 1101010101001 101110100100101 11101011001001 011101011 1101011010101010 101110100100101 11010011111111 110001001111001001 101110100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • 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; red is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word red at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase red connects the lines.

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  • summary of Cherish Red, Love, For The Beautiful Season Is Tinged With Red!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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