This is an analysis of the poem Red Rock Camp that begins with:

A TALE OF EARLY COLORADO.
My simple story is of those times ere the magic power of steam...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabb ccdd eecc ccdd ccdd ffcc gghh iidd jjkk jjii ccdd Xjjj jjcc llee ffmm lljj iicc aaggXiijjcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 010101010 11010001110101001 1101001010010001 0100011101001001 1101001011110111 11011100111001101 0101010011110101 1101101010010111 1011011010101101 110010101110101 01010101111101 1111101111011111 110011101110001 101010101110111 0110101011010101 101111101111101 1010001010110101 10111010110110001 0100101011010101 1100101010010101 10101001010010101 11101111011110111 1000111011100101 111111010011101 1101111111011101 1000111011011001 1010111011010111 010111101001101 110111111110101 1001011011101001 101101101110110 1101010101111111 1100010111110111 11011011110101 100101011110111 1111001111101101 1111111111011101 1111111011010101 10101001011010111 1011101010011101 0010101011011101 101111101101111 1111111010010111 1111010111101111 11110110111100101 111001101010101 01011010010010111 1101111110101101 111011001111101 0110100101110011101 1101101010010101 111010111010101 1101101011010101 1111101111100101 1000101010100111 1011010010010111 010001011100101000 0101101011001111 101110011111111 0010111100010101 110101011010101 111111101010101 101010101111111 110100101010111 10010101111111 11111101110011 111110000100101 1010100101011001 1101110110110001 110010011111101 1001011011100101 1101110011010101 010101011110100 111111010010101 11010101111111 100101101111001001 1110111011100111 01110101110110101 11011101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 19
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 286
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 79
  • Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, her, they, on, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, one are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines breath is repeated).

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

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