This is an analysis of the poem The Robbers that begins with:
Alas! I see that thrushes three
Are ravishing my old fig tree,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd eeffaaaa ggbbaXhhXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111101 11001111 01111111 11010101 01010101 11001101 10010001 110001 11110101 01010101 11010101 01010101 01111001 10011111 11010111 110111 11110101 11100111 01010101 11010101 11110101 01001000 11010001 110101 11111101 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, i, them 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 Robbers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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