This is an analysis of the poem The Red-Tressed Maiden that begins with:

RED she is in a robe of sable,
Rosy with pictures and tales to tell:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbcdededfdfghghgegeddddXigiXdXdhhhhjjjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 44,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001010 100101101 1001011110 100111111 1001101110 111100101 110111110 101110111 1001001110 011100101 10111011010 100100101 0101011110 010101011 1101001110 011101111 01110001010 111101010 0101101010 11111101 110111110 011110111 1101001110 1101011011 1111011010 011100111 1100001110 110100111 101001001110 01101001101 11101001110 111110111 1101101110 111100101 1111001010 1011100101 1101001010 0111011001 1100111110 110010111 110010110011 111111111 1011010011011 11111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1856
  • Average number of words per stanza: 359
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, tears, she, to, in, you are repeated.

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

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