This is an analysis of the poem A Ripple Song that begins with:
Once red ripple came to land
In the golden sunset burning--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab ccXX dedX ccXX cXcXXaaae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 00101110 1010101 101010 11011101 1010111 100100101 1001111100 10110111 10001110 1011101 1010100 11011101 1010101 101100101 1001111100 10110111 101110100 1010101 101010 11011101 1011111 1010101 10101010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; i, wait, ripple are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word wait is repeated.
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- summary of A Ripple Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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