The Vanishing Red by Robert Frost: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Vanishing Red that begins with:

He is said to have been the last Red man
In Action. And the Miller is said to have laughed--...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXcaXbXbde eXaXXX dXXebecXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010100111 010101001011 0110110101 11111101010 11110011001 1100110111 110111101 1011110100111 11111101110 01101001001 110101110 1110111011010 01010010110 11001010001 01110100101 10011101011 0100101000110 0111110010 11111101011 11110101010 1111011001 010010011101 1011010011 011101100100 110100101001 1101011111 11100010011 10100111011 1111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 443
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, it, have, in, that, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Vanishing Red;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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